hum aap hi ko apna maqsud jaante hain
apne siwae kis ko maujud jaante hain

ijz-o-niyaz apna apni taraf hai sara
is musht-e-khak ko hum masjud jaante hain

surat-pazir hum bin hargiz nahin we mane
ahl-e-nazar hamin ko mabud jaante hain

ishq un ki aql ko hai jo ma-siwa hamare
nachiz jaante hain na-bud jaante hain

apni hi sair karne hum jalwa-gar hue the
is ramz ko wa-lekin madud jaante hain

yarab kase hai naqa har ghuncha is chaman ka
rah-e-wafa ko hum to masdud jaante hain

ye zulm-e-be-nihayat dushwar-tar ki khuban
bad-waziyon ko apni mahmud jaante hain

kya jaane dab sohbat az khwesh raftagan ka
majlis mein shaikh-sahib kuchh kud jaante hain

mar kar bhi hath aawe to 'mir' muft hai wo
ji ke ziyan ko bhi hum sud jaante hain