raat bhar jine se kya sham-e-shabistan ki tarah
ek lamha hai bahut shoala-e-raqsan ki tarah

dil ke zakhmon pe bhi phulon ka guman hota hai
yaad aai hai teri mauj-e-bahaaran ki tarah

kyun ho khamosh rafiqan-e-chaman kuchh to kaho
subh-e-gulshan bhi na guzre shab-e-zindan ki tarah

lazzat-e-dard ko arbab-e-hawas kya jaanen
lazzat-e-dard ki arzan nahin darman ki tarah

yurish-e-dard ne pindar-e-wafa tod diya
hum bhi nadim hain bahut husn-e-pasheman ki tarah

yaad rakhega sulagta hua mahaul hamein
kharzaron mein rahe hum gul-e-khandan ki tarah

tab-e-khuddar pe ek turfa sitam hai 'mohsin'
un ka andaz-e-karam ghair ke ehsan ki tarah