kali jo gul ki chatak rahi hai tabiat apni khatak rahi hai
jahan mein wahshat bhatak rahi hai hazar sar ko patak rahi hai

chaman mein hai jo ki shakh-e-sumbul urus-e-gul ki wo ya hai kakul
tujhe khabar hai kuchh us ki bulbul jo us ke munh par latak rahi hai

wahan mujhe shauq-e-dil tu le ja jahan na saghar na hoe mina
ba-rang-e-saqi har ek baitha sharab-e-khalis tapak rahi hai

chaman mein bulbul yahi pukari lo mai-kashon ki phir aai bari
zaban pe shishe ke hai ye jari sharab lo yan dhalak rahi hai

kahin pe majma hai mai-kashon ka kahin akhada hai un buton ka
kahin barasna hai baadalon ka kahin pe bijli chamak rahi hai

mizha ki ulfat mein zar ban kar raha hun mu-e-nigar ban kar
ye sans sine mein khar ban kar jigar ke andar khatak rahi hai

na us mein aai zara kudurat gulon ki maili na siyahat
saba chaman mein pae latafat gulon ke jame chhitak rahi hai

nahin bagula miyan-e-hamun jo mujh se puchho to saf kah dun
talash-e-laila mein ruh-e-majnun har ek jaanib bhatak rahi hai

ghurur-e-husn ai nigar kab tak chaman ke upar bahaar kab tak
rahoge zeb-e-kanar kab tak khizan har ek gul ko tak rahi hai

jahan na bhatti na mai-kada hai ajab tarah ka magar saman hai
khum-e-falak mein ye kya bhara hai sharab-e-safi tapak rahi hai

kahun main fiqara wo hai hansi ka charagh-e-mahfil ka hai falita
chhuta jo shamla hai shaikh ji ka ye un ki shekhi latak rahi hai

bahaar laya hai saghar-e-gul bhare hain goya piyala-e-mul
nahin hai mahfil mein shor-e-qulqul chaman mein bulbul chahak rahi hai

ladai kis ne hai aankh upar nigah us ki hai misl-e-khanjar
main dekhta hun ki chashm-e-akhtar falak ke upar jhapak rahi hai

hamare dil mein nahin hai kina ki jaise be-jurm ho nagina
ye bahr-e-hasti ka hai safina isi pe duniya phadak rahi hai

bahaar hai daur-e-mai-kashi ki gulon ki rangat abhi hai phiki
ajib haalat hai 'muntahi' ki abhi se chhati dhadak rahi hai