naz hai mashq-e-jafa par us sitam-ijad ko
kab karega shad meri khatir-e-nashad ko

kis tarah ka samm-e-qatil hai ye sharbat ishq ka
jaan-e-shirin zahr aakhir ho gai farhad ko

rahm jab karta nahin nalon se phir kya faeda
dard-mandi bulbul-e-nalan se kya sayyaad ko

kaise wo khush-fahm hain patthar pade us fahm par
jo jahanabaad samjhe is kharab-abaad ko

ek talluq se hazaron ranj hote hain nasib
fikr karte kis ne dekha hai kisi aazad ko

jaante hain juzw hai iman ka hubb-e-watan
be-tarah bhule watan hain kya hua ustad ko

nala-o-zari mein ai 'ajiz' tu kyon masruf hai
kaun sunta hai are nadan teri fariyaad ko