kya kahun kya kya gaya jab apna kashana gaya
khum gaya saqi gaya aur hum se mai-khana gaya

ho gae kitne hi gum aql-o-khirad ki rah mein
manzil-e-maqsud tak to sirf diwana gaya

gosha-e-tahzib mein bhi ghat mein sayyaad hai
ab kabhi ka farq-e-abaadi-o-virana gaya

aaj ki is zindagi ke tez-rau tufan mein
waqt-e-zikr-e-saghar-o-mina-o-paimana gaya

jit le qalb-o-jigar qudrat ka ab wo waqt hai
ab sanam ke jitne ka lutf-e-afsana gaya

zindagi ne ab tarashe nau-butan-e-dil-ruba
wo purana tarz-e-sajda aur but-khana gaya

hum zamane ke rukh-o-raftar ki baaten karen
ab wo lutf-e-garmi-e-raftar-e-jaanana gaya

aahan-o-tesha ki hai jhankar naghma waqt ka
ho gaya khamosh mutrib sher-e-rindana gaya

khair maqdam hum nae dil se karen ab ai 'habib'
raat guzri shama rukhsat aur parwana gaya