khun ban kar munasib nahin dil bahe
dil nahin manta kaun dil se kahe

teri duniya mein aae bahut din rahe
sukh ye paya ki hum ne bahut dukh sahe

bulbulen gul ke aansu nahin chattin
un ko apne hi marghub hain chahchahe

aalam-e-naza mein sun raha hun mein kya
ye azizon ki chikhen hain ya qahqahe

is nae husn ki bhi adaon pe hum
mar mitenge ba-shart-e-ki zinda rahe

tum 'hafiz' ab ghisatne ki manzil mein ho
daur-e-ayyam pahiya hai gham hain pahe