jahan-e-gul mein agar dasht-e-jaan nahin hota
kabhi ghazal-talab mehman nahin hota

khule hain bara-dari ke tamam darwaze
magar wo chehra kahin se 'ayan nahin hota

ye aur baat ki lutf-e-shanawari na mile
pa aansuon ka samundar kahan nahin hota

tadap uthi thi jahan tishnagi ki aakhiri lau
wahan se ab koi dariya rawan nahin hota

'ata na karta agar wo mizaj-e-darweshi
to meri zat se raushan jahan nahin hota

machalta rahta hai kyon ab bhi titliyon ke liye
ye tifl-e-ishq mera kyon jawan nahin hota

hai mere samne khud apna aaina bhi 'ziya'
meri nigah se ojhal jahan nahin hota