kah gaya kuchh to zer-e-lab koi
jaan deta hai be-sabab koi

jawe qasid udhar to ye kahiyo
rah takta hai roz o shab koi

go ki aankhon mein apni aawe jaan
munh dikhata hai hum ko kab koi

ban gaya hun main surat-e-diwar
samne aa gaya hai jab koi

garche hum sae us pari ke rahe
na mila jhankne ka dhab koi

had khush aaya ye sher-e-'mir' mujhe
kar ke laya tha muntakhab koi

ab khuda maghfirat kare us ki
'mir' marhum tha ajab koi

ai falak us ko tu ghanimat jaan
'mushafi' sa nahin hai ab koi