gaya jawani ka sath sab kuchh wo garmi-e-ishq ab kahan hai
jo main ne us waqt aah ki hai bujhi hui aag ka dhuan hai

lage bujhata nahin wo dushman jalan ye hai phenk raha hai tan-man
charagh sa dagh-e-dil hai raushan diya-salai hai ustukhwan hai

tabiat apni hai kyun mukaddar nahin samajhta na samjhe dilbar
karega dushman bhi rahm hum par agar khuda apna mehrban hai

khule hain daghon ke phul tan par bahaar-e-taza hai ai gul-e-tar
kabhi to meri taraf nazar kar chaman mein kya shakh-e-zafran hai

kabhi hai manind-e-mauj-e-dariya kabhi hai misl-e-ghubar-e-sahra
kahun main kya haal apne dil ka bichhad ke mujh se rawan-dawan hai

talaf hue jis mein zindagani basar hue jis mein naujawani
wo meri biti hui kahani suno agar shauq-e-dastan hai

yahi hain mani-e-ishq-e-kaamil ki sau balaon se hun muqabil
buland hai ab jo nala-e-dil sipah-e-andoh ka nishan hai

khuda na dikhlae achchhi surat abhi to aa jati hai hararat
padegi be-shak nigah-e-ulfat zaif go main hun dil jawan hai

hazar afsos umr khoi na dekha din-dar hum ne koi
hai waizon mein fasana-goi madrason mein chunin-chunan hai

bara-e-zar muttaqi bane hain husul ke masale chhine hain
murid jo hain wo but bane hain mata-e-islam raegan hai

koi to 'sauda' ka hai muwassif koi 'taqi'-mir ka muarrif
batao ai dostan-e-munsif kai hamara bhi qadr-dan hai

sune hai main ne fughan-e-bulbul bahaar mein hai mujhe tammul
chatak raha hai jo ghuncha-e-gul sada-e-naqqara-e-khizan hai

kiya hai kyun 'bahr' se kinara teri judai ne mujh ko mara
are but-e-sang-dil khuda-ra bula le mujh ko bhi to jahan hai