gham se na-ahl-e-wafa hashr tak aazad na ho
mar ke sau bar ho zinda to kabhi shad na ho

is nasheman mein dhara kya hai ki barbaad na ho
chaar tinke hon pade aur koi buniyaad na ho

kya kaha tha teri aankhon ne nazar milte waqt
phir nazar mujh se mila le jo tujhe yaad na ho

koi gahak nahin murjhae hue phulon ka
kisi sine mein ilahi dil-e-nashad na ho

khush ho bulbul ki saza-war-e-asiri thahri
wae us par hai ki jis ka koi sayyaad na ho

teri aankhon ka jo mara nahin zinda hi nahin
hai wahi ain ghalat jis pe tera sad na ho

samne aa gai hai manzil-e-pa laghz-e-firaq
madad ai ishq koi rah mein uftad na ho

jo ghubar uthta hai kahta hai ba-awaz-e-buland
sar na is khak ka uncha ho jo barbaad na ho

dil shikasta na ho tutega qafas khud 'betab'
waqt ki baat hai mumkin nahin aazad na ho