khuda malum jab ghunche hanse shabnam pe kya guzri
tabassum ki faza mein dida-e-pur-nam pe kya guzri

jali shakh-e-nasheman tak nasheman ki rifaqat mein
pata kya bijliyon ko ham-safiro hum pe kya guzri

na paya farq asiri aur aazadi mein jab koi
kahun kya us ghadi apne dil-e-pur-gham pe kya guzri

aziz-e-misr kya jaane ye puchho pir-e-kanan se
ki furqat mein pisar ki dida-e-pur-nam pe kya guzri

use mahsus kar sakta bhala kya zauq-e-iblisi
ki jannat se nikalne mein dil-e-adam pe kya guzri

nasheman ki na chhodi khak bhi barq-e-hawadis ne
ye manzar dekh kar hum kya bataen hum pe kya guzri

na suljhe tum ne suljhane ko waise lakh suljhaya
meri wahshat se dekho gesu-e-barham pe kya guzri

jo ho be-dard us ko dard ka ehsas kyunkar ho
sitamgar ki bala jaane sitam se hum pe kya guzri

gham-e-jaanan hi kya kam tha gham-e-dauran bhi apnaya
khuda jaane asir-e-gesu-e-pur-kham pe kya guzri

hamari ek jurat ne jo zauq-e-zindagi badla
bataen kya dil-e-na-ashna-e-gham pe kya guzri

sabab yaran-e-sahil ai 'nazir'-e-zar kya jaanen
ki tufan-e-bala mein dubton ke dam pe kya guzri