jab ba-taqrib-e-safar yar ne mahmil bandha
tapish-e-shauq ne har zarre pe ek dil bandha

ahl-e-binash ne ba-hairat-kada-e-shokhi-e-naz
jauhar-e-aina ko tuti-e-bismil bandha

yas o ummid ne yak-arbada maidan manga
ijz-e-himmat ne tilism-e-dil-e-sail bandha

na bandhe tishnagi-e-zauq ke mazmun 'ghaalib'
garche dil khol ke dariya ko bhi sahil bandha

istilahat-e-asiran-e-taghaful mat puchh
jo girah aap na kholi use mushkil bandha

yar ne tishnagi-e-shauq ke mazmun chahe
hum ne dil khol ke dariya ko bhi sahil bandha

tapish-e-aina parwaz-e-tamanna lai
nama-e-shauq ba-haal-e-dil-e-bismil bandha

dida ta-dil hai yak-aina charaghan kis ne
khalwat-e-naz pe pairaya-e-mahfil bandha

na-umidi ne ba-taqrib-e-mazamin-e-khumar
kucha-e-mauj ko khamyaza-e-sahil bandha

mutrib-e-dil ne mere tar-e-nafas se 'ghaalib'
saz par rishta pae naghma-e-'bedil' bandha