nala juz husn-e-talab ai sitam-ijad nahin
hai taqaza-e-jafa shikwa-e-bedad nahin

ishq-o-mazduri-e-ishrat-gah-e-khusruw kya khub
hum ko taslim niko-nami-e-farhad nahin

kam nahin wo bhi kharabi mein pa wusat malum
dasht mein hai mujhe wo aish ki ghar yaad nahin

ahl-e-binash ko hai tufan-e-hawadis maktab
lutma-e-mauj kam-az saili-e-ustad nahin

wae mahrumi-e-taslim-o-bada haal-e-wafa
jaanta hai ki hamein taqat-e-faryaad nahin

rang-e-tamkin-e-gul-o-lala pareshan kyun hai
gar charaghan-e-sar-e-rah-guzar-e-baad nahin

sabad-e-gul ke tale band kare hai gulchin
muzhda ai murgh ki gulzar mein sayyaad nahin

nafi se karti hai isbaat tarawish goya
di hai ja-e-dahn us ko dam-e-ijad nahin

kam nahin jalwagari mein tere kuche se bahisht
yahi naqsha hai wale is qadar aabaad nahin

karte kis munh se ho ghurbat ki shikayat 'ghaalib'
tum ko be-mehri-e-yaran-e-watan yaad nahin