na meri baat hi samjha na mera muddaa samjha
suna qissa magar kya jaane us zalim ne kya samjha

safina par us ka ho gaya bahr-e-mohabbat se
har ek mauj-e-talatum-khez ko jo nakhuda samjha

ye alhad-pan hai zalim ka ki hai ye be-rukhi us ki
abhi tak muddaa mera na wo jaan-e-wafa samjha

na jannat ki tamanna hai na us ko hur ka lalach
ghalat matlab are nadan tu ne shaikh ka samjha

firaq-e-yar mein bhi nind si kuchh aa gai mujh ko
shab-e-gham ye sukun pa kar karam be-dard ka samjha

tabiat hi to hai zalim ne matlab meri baaton ka
bhala chaha bhala samjha bura chaha bura samjha

dobara kucha-e-mahbub mein jaane ki zahmat kar
payam-e-ishq bittafsil un ko ai saba samjha

jise dekho wo thukra kar guzar jata hai turbat ko
na duniya ne shahidan-e-wafa ka martaba samjha

haqiqat mein ye kaba hai jahan karta hun main sajde
ye teri bhul hai zahid jo is ko but-kada samjha

but-e-kafir ke mahfil mein aachanak chadh gae tewar
hamare arz-e-maqsad ko khuda jaane wo kya samjha

katata hai gala hans hans ke us ke ek ishaare par
usi ko be-murawwat ne hamesha bewafa samjha

hazaron qafile lute hain jis ne rah-e-ulfat ke
dil-e-masum ne 'ahmar' usi ko rahnuma samjha