hoti hai hasinon se jo jafa ushshaq gawara karte hain

hoti hai hasinon se jo jafa 'ushshaq gawara karte hain
ye shauq se qurban hote hain wo naz se mara karte hain
hathon mein nahin shamshir magar ye qatl-e-‘alam kaisa hai
jati hain hazaron ki jaanen wo khud ko sanwara karte hain


sikha hai gulistan mein hum ne kanton se sabaq khuddari ka
phulon ki tarah shabnam ke liye daman na pasara karte hain
darai mubarak ho tum ko hum mast hain apni guddi mein
qatre pe qana'at karte hain dariya se kinara karte hain


jab un se ye puchha jata hai wahshat hai kise is mahfil mein
wo ek ada se meri taraf aankhon se ishaara karte hain
is mein bhi khuda ki hikmat hai duniya mein nahin jo ham-rangi
kuchh log ba-sehhat jite hain kuchh dukh mein guzara karte hain


daulat thi lagaw rakhte the hai tark-e-ta'alluq ghurbat mein
jab dil mein bithate the wo hamein ab dil se utara karte hain
ek daur wo tha sab mil-jul kar dukh-dard bataya karte the
ek daur ye hai hum aapas mein parkhash gawara karte hain


din-raat tadapta rahta hun hai meri khabar un ko 'bartar'
karne ko wo parda karte hain chhup-chhup ke nazara karte hain