rang-e-mahfil hai kahan subh-e-bahaaran ki tarah
bazm sajti hai magar husn-e-gurezan ki tarah

yaad aati hai teri mauj-e-hawa ke manind
dil mein chubhti hai magar khar-e-mughilan ki tarah

hukm hai marg-e-tabassum ka urus-e-gul ko
hakim-e-waqt ki taqdir hai yazdan ki tarah

umr bhar ke liye sarshaar jo kar de aisi
mai kahan se koi lae gham-e-pinhan ki tarah

shahr mein bhi meri wahshat ka thikana kya hai
dil ke virane to phaile hain bayaban ki tarah

aa gaya pas koi aalam-e-tanhai mein
ji ko thandak si mili dard ke darman ki tarah

raat tarik sahi raat ke sahra mein magar
kitne mahtab ubhar aae ghazalan ki tarah

zulf-bar-dosh hansi lab pe nigahon mein nasha
khil utha chehra-e-mahbub gulistan ki tarah

jaane kis khak se uttha tha tamanna ka khamir
aagahi lipti rahi gesu-e-jaanan ki tarah

tujh se jab chhut ke hue pahle-pahal hum tanha
raat bhar rote rahe sham-e-shabistan ki tarah

ishq ke aur hain andaz bahut se 'anjum'
koi ruswa na hua chaak-e-gareban ki tarah