dil shikasta hai ruh pyasi hai
ek be-nam si udasi hai

ranj kya aish kya tamiz kise
silsila-war bad-hawasi hai

saf-goi ki wasf thi pahle
in dinon jurm-e-narawa si hai

kitna aasan hai mo'atabar hona
kitni dushwar khud-shanasi hai

meri isyan-nigahi ka maujib
aap ki mukhtasar-libasi hai

thodi jurat se kya nahin hota
phir wo ladki bhi aadi-basi hai

mere sheron mein fan nahin na sahi
aap ki rae iqtibasi hai

reshmi zulf chand-sa chehra
sar pe aanchal magar kapasi hai

pyasi pyasi hai aarzu 'afzal'
mamlikat dil ki karbala si hai