kahan kahan teri rangini-e-shabab nahin
mera mazaq-e-nazar phir bhi kaamyab nahin

kisi nazar mein tumhein dekhne ki tab nahin
naqab-e-rukh bhi ulat do to be-naqab nahin

wo sun ke arz-e-tamanna ko ho gae khamosh
mere sawal ka shayad koi jawab nahin

kuchh aur mast nigahon se dekh ai saqi
ba-qadr-e-zarf abhi nashsha-e-sharab nahin

bade-badon ke qadam dagmaga gae hain yahan
ye imtihan ka ek daur hai shabab nahin

khamosh baithe hain jo pi chuke hain khum ke khum
bahak rahe hain jo aaluda-e-sharab nahin

tumhaari hasrat-e-didar barqarar rahe
hazar sal bhi guzrin to kuchh hisab nahin

lagi hui hain tumhaari taraf meri aankhen
meri nazar mein zamane ka inqalab nahin

khuli hui tere aane ke intizar mein hain
khusha-nasib wo aankhen jo mahw-e-khwab nahin

main apne dost se kya mujtanib hun ai 'shankar'
mujhe to apne adu se bhi ijtinab nahin