saba-o-gul ko mah-o-najm ko diwana kiya
meri sarisht ne har rang ko nishana kiya

wahi bahaar jise tum bahaar kahte ho
suluk hum se bahut us ne baghiyana kiya

jahan bhi tez hawaon ne sath chhod diya
ghubar-e-rah ne apna wahin thikana kiya

hum aakhir us ke khad-o-khal dekhte kaise
hamesha us ne qarib aane se bahana kiya

sukhanwari ki ijazat to dil ne de di thi
magar zaban ne izhaar-e-muddaa na kiya

sahar ki aankh se aansu tapak na jaen 'naim'
ye soch kar na bayan raat ka fasana kiya