jo mahtab lage hai kabhi gulab lage
use qarib se dekhen to ek sarab lage

har ek shakhs pe apni nazar nahin tikti
ho intikhab to aisa ki intikhab lage

ajib wasl hai lagta hai hijr ho jaise
teri khamosh-nigahi hamein azab lage

bas ek bar tera nam kya liya hum ne
zara si baat pe logon ko hum kharab lage

ye kya ki hijr ne hum se yaqin chhin liya
wo samne ho hamare hamein ye khwab lage

gunahgar hun nisbat hai ism-e-ahmad se
so apna nam bhi lena mujhe sawab lage