khud se ab mujh ko juda yun hi meri jaan rakhna
har ghadi khwab ko tum khwab-e-pareshan rakhna

ab ibaadat ki yahi ek hai surat baqi
aankh ko band kiye hont sana-khwan rakhna

khwab ko zehn kahan hai na yahan hai na wahan
dil ke aangan mein kahin gor-e-ghariban rakhna

barahna rahne ki taufiq kahan se lae
khud ko aaya hi nahin be-sar-o-saman rakhna

rah chalte hain to diwar utha lete hain
kitna dushwar hai aasan ko bhi aasan rakhna

kya saliqa tha wo 'ghaalib' hon ki hon 'mir'-o-'firaq'
hijr mein wasl ka wo naqsh-e-gurezan rakhna