nahin ye jit nahin hai tu is ko mat samajh
ki tere sath yahan ho gaya hai hath samajh

main apne payaade se tera wazir marunga
ba-ghaur dekh meri chaal wardat samajh

kisi kisi pe hi khulte hain pech-o-kham mere
main itna sahl nahin meri mushkilat samajh

mohabbat itni riayat nahin diya karti
agar wo hans ke bhi dekhe to iltifat samajh

meri kahani tere chehre par likhi hui hai
main aaina hun mujhe dekh aur baat samajh

dafina jaan in aankhon ko hijr mein us ke
jo in mein ashk hain pinhan nawadiraat samajh

guzar chuka hai agar tu sin-e-bulughat se
tu apne jism ko ab wajibuzzakat samajh

nazar ko ek hi nuqte pe murtakiz kar le
dil-o-nigah ki uljhan ko ek sath samajh

dhadak raha hai ye kis shakhs ki mohabbat mein
samajh mein aaen to dil ke muamalat samajh

ye chalte-phirte hue but hain aadmi to nahin
zamin pe chaar-su barpa hai somnat samajh

ek ek lafz alamat hai husn-e-fitrat ki
ye shairi hai so is ki jamaliyat samajh

ruke hue bhi safar kar rahi hai khak meri
guzar rahi hai guzare bina hayat samajh

khuli hai jab se teri kina-parwari mujh par
to aa gai hai mujhe ek ek baat samajh

tujhe ye ishq ki jaanib dhakel sakta hai
samajh raha hai to dil ko bhi dost ghat samajh

jo mujh pe bita hai main ne wahi likha hai 'zeb'
tu mere sheron ko bas mere tajrabaat samajh