nahin aisa ki kabhi shauq par-afshan bhi nahin
dil ko tha naz ki viran hai so viran bhi nahin

kyon hain tufan ki zad mein haram-o-dair-o-kunisht
in mazaron pe to muddat se charaghan bhi nahin

kis ne is anjuman-e-shauq ko taraj kiya
dil guzargah-e-khayalat-e-pareshan bhi nahin

shauq-e-afsurda ka mujh se na gila kar ki mujhe
eatibar-e-karam-e-jumbish-e-mizhgan bhi nahin

jalwa-abaad-e-tasawwur ba-adakari-e-shauq
ab to marhun-e-fusun-sazi-e-jaanan bhi nahin

kaenat apni hamein de ke bhi farigh nahin aap
hum to kuchh muddai-e-wusat-e-daman bhi nahin

kabhi is samt ko bhi bahr-e-tamasha niklo
dil ka hairat-kada aisa koi viran bhi nahin

hairat-abaad tamasha mein na zulmat hai na nur
koi pinhan bhi nahin hai koi uryan bhi nahin

kab se maikhane mein 'rizwi' nahin aaya hai nazar
is khizan-dost ko kuchh sharm-e-bahaaran bhi nahin