jhum kar badli uthi aur chha gai
sari duniya par jawani aa gai

aah wo us ki nigah-e-mai-farosh
jab bhi utthi mastiyan barsa gai

gesu-e-mushkin mein wo ru-e-hasin
abr mein bijli si ek lahra gai

aalam-e-masti ki tauba al-aman
parsai nashsha ban kar chha gai

aah us ki be-niyazi ki nazar
aarzu kya phul si kumhla gai

saz-e-dil ko gudgudaya ishq ne
maut ko le kar jawani aa gai

parsai ki jawan-margi na puchh
tauba karni thi ki badli chha gai

'akhtar' us jaan-e-tamanna ki ada
jab kabhi yaad aa gai tadpa gai