nigah-e-mast mein kya rang-e-walihana tha
surur-o-kaif mein duba hua zamana tha

kisi ki uthti jawani ka jab zamana tha
meri nigah ka har feal shairana tha

sitam-nasib ki allah re sokhta bakhti
hai bijliyon ka nasheman jo aashiyana tha

azal se qaid-e-anasir ata hui mujh ko
mere nasib mein zindan ka aab-o-dana tha

wufur-e-dard se jab hichkiyan si aane lagin
har ek zakhm ke lab par mera fasana tha

shuru-e-ishq mein kya meri shairi thi na puchh
falak pe murgh-e-takhayyul ka aashiyana tha

watan mein hazrat-e-'altaf' zindagi apni
bahaar khuld-e-mohabbat ka ek fasana tha