din ka malal sham ki wahshat kahan se laen
zar-zadgan-e-shahr mohabbat kahan se laen

sarf-e-shumar-e-daulat-e-duniya hue jo log
wo na-murad dil ki imarat kahan se laen

sara lahu to sarf-e-shumar-o-adu hua
sham-e-firaq-e-yar ki ujrat kahan se laen

wo jin ke dil ke sath na dhadka ho koi dil
zinda bhi hain to us ki shahadat kahan se laen

do harf apne dil ki gawahi ke waste
kahna bhi chahte hon to jurat kahan se laen

be-chehra log chehra dikhane ke shauq mein!
aaine mang lae hain hairat kahan se laen

apne hi naqsh-e-pa ke aqidat-guzar log
kuchh aur dekhne ko basarat kahan se laen

kuchh zargiran-e-shahr ne ahl-e-kamal ka
chehra bana liya qad-o-qamat kahan se laen

ujde nahin kabhi wo jo tute nahin kabhi
wo log harf likhne ki quwwat kahan se laen

jab dar hi band hon koi khushbu kahan se aae
gar lafz likh bhi den to halawat kahan se laen