dil na kare agar yaqin dil pe hai ikhtiyar kya
aap pe eatibar hai wade ka eatibar kya

rakh padi to dab gaya rakh hati bhadak utha
shoale ki raushni hi kya shoale ka eatibar kya

manzil-e-gham ka ban gaya rah-numa junun-e-shauq
hosh ka aasra ghalat hosh ka eatibar kya

aaina aks ke baghair kaise bhala chamak sake
jalwa-fagan nahin hua partaw-e-husn-e-yar kya

kaisa bikhar ke rah gaya husn-e-tilism-e-rang-o-bu
tod diya khizan ne aaj aaina-e-bahaar kya

hijr ki raat kat gai yas mein aur aas mein
subh-e-payam laegi 'akhtar'-e-be-qarar kya