kaun kahta hai badha shauq idhar se pahle
kis ne dekha tha kise tirchhi nazar se pahle

mutmain ho le zara ahl-e-nazar se pahle
parde aankhon ke utha parda-e-dar se pahle

abhi talim-e-wafa yani jafa ka nahin waqt
tarbiyat shauq ki ho lutf-e-nazar se pahle

han mohabbat mein maza hai mujhe inkar nahin
magar ai zauq-e-khalish dard-e-jigar se pahle

salik-e-rah-e-wafa hai dil-e-ashufta-mizaj
muzhda-e-gumrahi-e-shauq-e-safar se pahle

jurat-e-arz-e-tamanna pe khafa ho lena
muskurao to zara nichi nazar se pahle

mausam-e-kaif mein be-kaifi-e-jazbaat na puchh
dil-e-bulbul hai fasurda gul-e-tar se pahle

jumbish-e-muztarib-e-parda-e-ismat ki qasam
jalwe betab hue zauq-e-nazar se pahle

jin se badnam hue ishq ke jazbaat-e-latif
wo ishaare the idhar se ki udhar se pahle

do iradon mein jo hail the haya ke parde
kis ne sarkae ishaaraat-e-nazar se pahle

kyun koi pahlu-e-jaanan mein jagah pae 'jamil'
aaj hum bazm mein pahunchenge qamar se pahle