labaalab kar de ai saqi hai khali mera paimana
salamat daur-e-gardun tak ye shisha aur ye mai-khana

na puchho nam mujh wahshat-zada ka dasht-e-furqat mein
sidi saudai majnun mast be-khud zar-o-diwana

mujhe mushrik na samjho main muwahhid hun zamane mein
tasawir-e-khayali se bhara hai mera but-khana

hua matla jo mushrik mein to maghrib mein hua maqta
liye phirte hain hum dosh-e-saba par bait ka khana

urus-e-fikr meri aur dulhe se na zam hogi
faqiri ki milegi bu jo joda hoga shahana

bhala lahj-o-lahja istada kya bayan hoga
qayamat tak to suniye baith kar ulfat ka afsana

zaifi mein bhi lipti hai bala-e-shaeri mujh se
na chutegi kabhi 'akhtar' qalam se mashq-e-tiflana