hawas ye rah gai dil mein ki muddaa na mila
bahut jahan mein dhundha par aashna na mila

hua hai kaun sa mashuq ba-wafa ai dil
gila abas hai agar wo mila mila na mila

ajib qismat-e-bad thi shab-e-firaq mein hum
kamal dhundh phire khana-e-qaza na mila

na de tu hath se hun zoaf se main rang-e-hina
hawa-e-shauq-e-fana mein jahan uda na mila

jawab degi bhala roz-e-baz-purs to kya
uda uda ke hamein khak mein saba na mila

wo kushta-e-nigah-e-qahr tha ki mahshar mein
mere jalane ko ahkaam-e-dil-ruba na mila

ghariq-e-bahr-e-sitam umr ki hui kashti
bahut sa hum ne pukara pa na-khuda na mila

kamal-o-aish-o-jawani-o-mulk-o-mal-o-tarab
ye sab mile hamein par yar ba-wafa na mila

ajib josh-e-junun mein hui thi pamali
ki ek aabla tak dost-dar-e-pa na mila

chubhe hazar tamanna se kyun na be-khatke
ki khar ko koi hum sa barahna-pa na mila

bahut si karte rahe bagh-e-dahr mein gul-gasht
par apne bulbul-e-dil ko 'nasim' sa na mila