dil ki duniya dekh kar kyun rang-e-duniya dekhte
dekhne walo nahin hum dekh kar kya dekhte

jalwa-gah-e-dil mein aa jate wo be-parda agar
hum bhi rang-e-be-khudi hum rang-e-musa dekhte

chaudhwin ka chand hota hai darakhshan jis tarah
yun tasawwur mein kisi ko jagmagata dekhte

gharq ho jate mohabbat mein mohabbat-ashna
sahil-o-dariya se bhi kar ke kinara dekhte

jazb ho kar rah gae khud hi nigah-e-barq mein
kyunkar aankhon se nasheman apna jalta dekhte

main kabhi jalwa hun tera tu kabhi partaw mera
umr guzri ja rahi hai ye tamasha dekhte

hote wo jalwa-numa gul-paikar-o-gul-pairahan
hum unhen 'makhmur' firdaus-e-tamasha dekhte