gareban chaak hain gul bostan mein
asar kitna hai bulbul ki fughan mein

qafas sayyaad ka khali pada hai
na hon bechain kyun kar aashiyan mein

dua-e-wasl ja ab to asar tak
kiye nalon ne rauzan aasman mein

sune gar tala-e-khufta ka qissa
to nind aa jae chashm-e-pasban mein

zulekha ki michi jati hain aankhen
kahin yusuf na ho is karwan mein

tamam asbab-e-duniyawi ke badle
hai ek be-raunaqi apni dukan mein

suna haal-e-dil-e-'majruh' shab ko
koi hasrat si hasrat thi bayan mein