main samjha jab jhalakta samne jam-e-sharab aaya
mera munh chumne shayad mera mast-e-shabab aaya

tere nazuk se chehre par jahan rang-e-itab aaya
sabahat rukh ki bol utthi ki rukh zer-e-naqab aaya

qayamat uthti rahti hai yahan ye hai gali us ki
kahan pamal hone tu dil-e-khana-kharab aaya

sar-e-turbat bhi ghode par hawa ke wo sawar aae
qayamat ham-inan aai na dushman ham-rikab aaya

hue hangama-ha-e-hashr kitne gosha-e-dil mein
wo mere samne kuchh is ada se be-naqab aaya

wo aae sair-e-dariya ke liye to bujh gain maujen
qadam se un ke apni aankh malne har habab aaya

bahut bose liye hain main ne un kafir hasinon ke
maza aaega mujh ko bhi agar roz-e-hisab aaya

takalluf bartaraf ai shaikh sohbat se ye aapas ki
mere aage sharab aai tere aage kabab aaya

isi koshish mein katti hijr ki raaten huin aakhir
na un ke gesuon ka mere dil mein pech-o-tab aaya

khayal-e-yar ke sadqe khayal-e-yar hi hoga
tasalli mujh ko dene koi waqt-e-iztirab aaya

teri nok qalam ne dil mein gahre zakhm dale hain
hazaron dashna-o-nashtar liye khat ka jawab aaya

wo taswir aaj tak mahfuz hai chashm-e-tasawwur mein
tere bachpan se jab atkheliyan karta shabab aaya

nahin maujen hain ye sail-e-hawadis ke tamanche hain
use khana padi munh ki ubhar kar jab habab aaya

barabar meri turbat ke kiya hai dafn dushman ko
ye achchha mere hisse mein jahannum ka azab aaya

kahin dawat mein kal hum aur waiz pas baithe the
koi le kar sharab aaya koi le kar kabab aaya

lahad par meri bheja hai adu ko fatiha padhne
jo pahunchane sawab aaya wahi ban kar azab aaya

jo aae bhi to ghode par hawa ke wo sawar aae
adu bhi sath sae ki tarah thame rikab aaya

hua bint-e-inab se aqd is pirana-sali mein
mubarak ho mujhe saqi budhape mein shabab aaya

nirale hain yahi duniya mein tauba todne wale
udhar saqi 'riyaz' aae idhar jam-e-sharab aaya