na wo nalon ki shorish hai na ghul hai aah-o-zari ka
wo ab pahla sa hangama nahin hai be-qarari ka

talab kaisi bulana kya wahan khud ja pahunchte hain
agar aalam yahi chande raha be-akhtyari ka

wahan wo naz-o-ishwe se qadam gin gin ke rakhte hain
yahan is muntazir ka waqt pahuncha dam-shumari ka

kabhi chashm-e-khumar-alud ki masti nahin dekhi
baja hai hazrat-e-naseh ko dawa hoshiyari ka

bhala kya aisi roti shakl pas aa kar koi baithe
uthe aakhir wo jhunjhla kar bura ho ashk-bari ka

ajab kya hai ki qasid bhul jae us ka le jaana
likhun jis name mein shikwa teri ghaflat-shiari ka

misal-e-nakhl dekha hai usi ko phulte-phalte
kiya jis shakhs ne hasil tariqa khaksari ka

har ek shai ka hai andaza magar payan nahin hargiz
teri ghaflat-shiari ka meri ummid-wari ka

zi-bas aankhon mein rangat chha rahi hai lala-o-gul ki
khizan mein lutf aata hai hamein fasl-e-bahaari ka

kabhi sar panw par rakhna kabhi qurban kah uthna
hamein thoda sa dhab aata to hai matlab-barari ka

chhupa kal gosha-e-mai-khana mein 'majruh' ne dekha
yunhi shohra suna tha shaikh ki parhez-gari ka