kab nigah us ki ishwa-bar nahin
kab nigahen karishma-zar nahin

ghair par rahm ye kise aaya
tum to mana sitam-shiar nahin

yan fughan se lahu tapakta hai
main nawa-sanj-e-shakhsar nahin

kulfat-e-dil se hai jo aaluda
gauhar-e-ashk aabdar nahin

hum hain aise farakh-ru darwesh
mahfil-e-padshah se aar nahin

na jala khana-e-adu to na hans
shola-e-ah hai sharar nahin

bagh be-sarfa chal ke kya kije
jin se thi bagh ki bahaar nahin

baada behuda pi ke kya kije
ab wo saqi nahin wo yar nahin

ai munajjam abas ye nadani
tu kuchh andaza-dan-e-kar nahin

tu rawish-yab-e-mehr-o-mah ghalat
tu ada-sanj-e-rozgar nahin

waqif asrar-e-asmani se
juz harifan-e-baada-khwar nahin

chadh gae hain kisi ke phir dam par
'shefta' aaj be-qarar nahin