ghair shayan-e-rasm-o-rah nahin
kab wo aashiq hai jo tabah nahin

ai falak daur-husn mein us ke
tujh ko kuchh fikr-e-mehr-o-mah nahin

rabt-e-dushman se bhi wo bad-bar hai
ab kisi tarah se nibah nahin

kam nigahi ko un ki dekhte hain
un pe bhi ab hamein nigah nahin

parda kab tak rahega ai zalim
akhtar-e-muddai siyah nahin

zulm ki qadr ke liye hai rahm
dad kuchh bahr-e-dad-khwah nahin

haif qazzaqi-e-zamana haif
rasm-o-rah bahr-e-rasm-o-rah nahin

hai gada shah balki shahanshah
satwat-e-qahr-e-baadshah nahin

ulfat aur tum se hae hae na ho
lab-e-dushman pe aah aah nahin

pasti-e-talea bahr-e-khubi-e-fan
kya wo yusuf jo gharq-e-chah nahin

arsa-e-nisti-o-hasti se
bach ke chalne ki koi rah nahin

ai 'qalaq' kya hua budhape mein
ishq kuchh sair-e-subah-gah nahin