masarrat ki ghataen hain wafur-e-shadmani hai
numayan aaj gulshan mein bahaar-e-zindagani hai

uda din dhajjiyan daman ki apne josh-e-bahjat mein
chaman mein aaj phulon ko bhi kitni shadmani hai

agar ulfat na hoti zindagani talkh ho jati
mohabbat hi haqiqat mein bahaar-e-jawedani hai

sunenge aap kab tak ye fasana dard-e-ulfat ka
mere ayyam-e-rafta ki badi lambi kahani hai

agar ho zauq-e-ulfat phul ban jate hain kante bhi
mohabbat se jidhar dekho udhar hi shadmani hai

hui jati hai jab tausi’ miad-e-asiri mein
asiran-e-qafas ko kyon phir itni shadmani hai

yahi din hain nashat-angeziyan phir kyon na hon in mein
muraden hain umangen hain khuda rakkhe jawani hai

masaib mein gulon se koi sikhe shadman rahna
gareban chaak hone par bhi kitni shadmani hai

na ghabrana masaib mein 'zaki' mauj-e-hawadis se
are nadan mujahid ki yahi to zindagani hai