dil sa paband-e-tahammul dusra koi nahin
tutta rahta hai shisha aur sada koi nahin

dil ki dhadkan rahnuma hai justuju-e-shauq mein
ek sada kanon mein aati hai pata koi nahin

kam ziyaada ka gila kya apna apna zarf hai
baada-khwaro is mein saqi ki khata koi nahin

sajda-gah-e-shauq tha un ke qadam ka har nishan
dekh lo naqsh-e-jabin ab naqsh-e-pa koi nahin

harf jitne husn ke hain utne hi hain ishq ke
palle donon dekhiye kam aur siwa koi nahin

khamushi hai ahl-e-ghairat ki tariq-e-arz-e-haal
ye na samjhen aap dil mein muddaa koi nahin

dar nahin 'nawwab' tufan-khez maujon ka mujhe
sath apne hai khuda gar na-khuda koi nahin