junun ka daur hai kis kis ko jaen samjhane
udhar bhi hosh ke dushman idhar bhi diwane

karam karam hai to hai faiz-e-am is ka shiar
ye dasht hai wo gulistan sahab kya jaane

kisi mein dam nahin ahl-e-sitam se kuchh bhi kahe
sitam-zadon ko har ek aa raha hai samjhane

bashar ke zauq-e-parastish ne khud kiye takhliq
khuda-o-kaba kahin aur kahin sanam-khane

ulajh ke rah gai husn-e-naqab mein jo nazar
wo husn-e-jalwa-e-zer-e-naqab kya jaane

is irtiqa-e-tamaddun ko kya kahun 'mulla'
hain shamen shokh-tar aawara-tar hain parwane