dekh kar us ko nahin hosh mein aaya jata
khud-bakhud dil mein hai ek shakhs samaya jata

us ke didar ki pyasi thin nigahen us ki
kash bimar-e-mohabbat na sataya jata

hum to har haal mein raazi-ba-raza the lekin
man jata ba-khushi wo to manaya jata

jis ne na-waqt bujha di meri sham-e-ummid
mujh se wo wada-shikan kaise bhulaya jata

pher leta na agar dekh ke aankhen mujh se
dil se dil hath se phir hath milaya jata

us ki mahfil mein kami ka tha sabhi ko ehsas
hota aane ko wo raazi to bulaya jata

jaane kyon pyar ke dushman hain zamane wale
aasman sar pe nahin aise uthaya jata

hai ye kirdar-kushi is ko sahafat na kahen
kar ke badnam nahin nam kamaya jata

mahfil-e-aish-o-tarab mein nahin ab ji lagta
hote gar sath jo tum jashn manaya jata

kho diya tu ne waqar apna meri nazron mein
kar ke ehsan nahin aise jataya jata

be-gunahi ki saza deni na hoti jo mujhe
takhta-e-mashq-e-sitam kaise banaya jata

shukriya aa gae tum waqt pe milne warna
bar-e-gham kaise akele ye uthaya jata

mere walid ka tasarruf hai mera arz-e-hunar
warna main bazm-e-adab mein nahin paya jata

misra-e-tarah se haali ke qalam tha marub
warna kuchh zor-e-qalam apna dikhaya jata

bad-gumani ka guzar hota na dil mein 'barqi'
rasm-e-ulfat ko hamesha jo nibhaya jata