na ho jo un ki tabiat wafa-shiar nahin
hamein to talkhi-e-dauran bhi nagawar nahin

ye zarf zarf ki baaten hain is ka kya shikwa
hai shukr aap ki nazron mein sharmsar nahin

hamin ne khun se sincha hai ghuncha-o-gul ko
bahaar kahte hain jis ko wo ye bahaar nahin

nazar nazar hai fasana nafas nafas shikwa
hujum-e-yas mein sharminda-e-bahaar nahin

khizan-rasida bahaaron ka zikr kya ho 'kalim'
hamein to kuchh bhi mohabbat mein sazgar nahin