dil lagaya aap se bekar hi
hum hue aakhir zalil-o-khwar hi

wo raha mahfil mein naghma-bar hi
chal basa koi pas-e-diwar hi

main samajhta hun jise shabnam sifat
hai haqiqat mein wo shoala-bar hi

mushkilon mein ghair kuchh kaam aae hain
aur tamasha-bin rahe gham-khwar hi

apni nakaami ka hai afsos kab
bais-e-shohrat hui jab haar hi

shaikh sahab bhi nahin jo kar sake
kar gaya wo ek baada-khwar hi

hai tumhaare waste behtar 'nadim'
ku-e-jaanan se faraaz-e-dar hi