fitrat-e-husn mein agar ahliyat-e-wafa nahin
mujh ko khuda se hai gila aap se kuchh gila nahin

nind mein hai abhi kali phul abhi khila nahin
barbat-e-ishq par magar naghma-e-dil chhida nahin

ishq ki ibtida to hai ishq ki intiha nahin
ishq hai wo baqa sarisht jis ko kabhi fana nahin

meri shab-e-firaq ki puchh na kuchh musibaten
jina to be-maza hi tha marne mein bhi maza nahin

mahfilen jo ujad gain saj bhi gain hazar bar
mera jahan-e-arzu ujda to phir basa nahin

roz wafaen bhi karun roz jafaen bhi sahun
banda-e-husn hun magar husn mera khuda nahin

rah-e-talab ki mushkilen aur ye meri khud-rawi
chaaron taraf hun main hi main koi bhi dusra nahin

khud ko mita khudi ko chhod qaid-e-tainat tod
ek hai asl husn-o-ishq koi juda juda nahin

ishq mein chahe jaan jae shikwa magar na lab pe aae
hazrat-e-dil ye hae hae ishq ka qaeda nahin

dil ho khayal-e-yar mein aankh ho intizar mein
mere dil-e-figar mein hasrat-e-ma-siwa nahin

rah-e-wafa ki thokaren aur mera tan-e-figar
ab bhi ye imtihan-e-ishq ho gaya khatm ya nahin

mangta hun nigah se teri gudaz-e-soz-e-barq
mujh ko ba-qadr-e-zarf-e-dil lutf-e-khalish mila nahin

warta-e-zindagi mein 'mauj' kyon hain ye na-umidiyan
mera khuda to sath hai kya hai jo nakhuda nahin