sab se behtar hai ki mujh par mehrban koi na ho
ham-nashin koi na ho aur raaz-dan koi na ho

mariye is hasrat mein gar qatil na hath aawe kahin
roiye apne pe khud gar nauha-khwan koi na ho

bich mein hai mere us ke tu hi ai aah-e-hazin
sulh kyunkar howe jab tak darmiyan koi na ho

shikwa kis se kijiye khaliq ki marzi hai yahi
nukta-chin paida hon lakhon nukta-dan koi na ho

mujh talak qatil to qatil maut bhi aati nahin
kis ko dije jaan jab khwahan-e-jaan koi na ho

mane gar koi nasihat 'arif'-e-dil-khasta ki
bhul kar bhi wala-e-atish-bajaan koi na ho