jahan hai maktab-e-hasti sabaq hai chup rahna
bada gunah yahan hai alif se be kahna

shab-e-firaq mein sae se dar ke kahta hun
aji ye raat darani hai jagte rahna

chaman mein phul khile bagh mein bahaar aai
urus-e-dahr ne goya pahan liya gahna

hamari aah-o-baka se hai jism-e-shauq qawi
ye hath bayan hai apna wo hath hai dahna

fughan-e-bulbul-e-shaida na jaaniye is ko
baja raha hai koi sehn-e-bagh mein shahna

gham-e-firaq mein ai aasman nahin mauquf
wo jo suhaen mujhe mujh ko har tarah sahna

nikal de ki hai aise mein ju-e-ashk-e-rawan
bura hai baat ka ai chashm-e-dil mein le rahna

gali mein yar ki ho ya kisi kharabe mein
hamein to hashr ke din tak kahin pe mar rahna

asar bhi 'shad' ke sheron mein hai matanat bhi
ye kohna-mashq hain in ki ghazal ka kya kahna