meri nazar se guzarne wale payam kab tak salam kab tak
inayat-e-dilbari kahan tak nawazish-e-khas-o-am kab tak

ye fursat-e-ehtimam kab tak ye zahmat-e-gam-gam kab tak
ye dil ki duniya-e-narm-o-nazuk rahegi mashq-e-khiram kab tak

payam aate rahenge aakhir asir-e-ulfat ke nam kab tak
ye iztirab-e-gham-e-mohabbat rahega yun tishna-kaam kab tak

ye mahka mahka sa kaif-saman shabab tera sharab meri
bhari nazar se pilane wale ye zahmat-e-jam-jam kab tak

na meri manzil na mera jada mazaq-e-fitrat ye kya tamasha
khirad ki ye gum-rahi kahan tak junun ka ye faiz-e-am kab tak

ye tera raushan sa ek aalam ye meri tariki-e-shab-e-gham
tere hi jalwon se puchhta hun ye subh kab tak ye sham kab tak

meri tamanna bhi aur kab tak rahin-e-zauq-e-talab rahegi
meri mohabbat mera hi jina karegi mujh par haram kab tak

kisi ka le kar bhi nam duniya kabhi to aakhir karegi charche
rahega mera hi nam 'mushkil' zaban-zad-e-khas-o-am kab tak tak