hazar qaid-e-khizan se chhut kar bahaar ka aasra karenge
bahaar bhi ham-qafas-zadon ko na ras aai to kya karenge

ab aur us ke siwa na hogi qafas mein taskin-e-dil ki surat
chaman ki jaanib nazar utha kar kabhi kabhi hans liya karenge

ye kya khabar thi ki sham-e-furqat mere liye sazgar hogi
wo mah-o-anjum ki aad le kar mere fasane suna karenge

hamare mashrab mein thi na jaez dar-e-haram ki ye jubba-sai
ye farz-e-na-khushgawar lekin ab un ki khatir ada karenge

nigah ki bandishen salamat junun ki pabandiyan musallam
kahin bharam khul gaya to ai dil main kya karunga wo kya karenge

ye dekhna hai ki baad tark-e-talluqat ai 'shakil' kab tak
na koi hum par jafa karega na hum kisi se wafa karenge