dil ek aan us se mulaqat aur hai
hoti hai subh koi ghadi raat aur hai

jo dam ki daur-e-jam chale mughtanim hi jaan
dil koi din ye mausam-e-barsat aur hai

aashiq hua hun main nahin taqsir aur kuchh
gar us pe qatl kijiye to ye baat aur hai

bagh-e-jahan ki sair dila kar le koi din
qaem ye chand roz tilismat aur hai

hai mujh ko soch dekhiye kya howe bazm mein
in ankhdiyon ki waza-e-ishaaraat aur hai

siske hai koi tadpe hai koi dila na ja
surat kuchh us ke kuche mein haihat aur hai

do-chaar dhaulen kha ke to mat jao shaikh ji
karni abhi tumhaari mudaraat aur hai

dil apne ji ki baaten na kah us se bazm mein
ai be-lihaz waqt-e-hikayat aur hai

tabdil kar ke qafiya aur ek kah ghazal
'afsos' go ki kahni tujhe baat aur hai