sakht dushwar hai aasan koi mushkil hona
dil ko ab tak mere aaya hi nahin dil hona

kab muhaal un se mulaqat hai ai dil hona
shart hai us ke liye jazba-e-kaamil hona

waqif-e-kucha-e-jaanan nahin milta koi
han mere shauq zara rahbar-e-manzil hona

pech taqdir ke niklen bhi to niklen kyunkar
yaad-e-gesu mein jo sikha to salasil hona

hashr barpa kahin duniya-e-mohabbat mein na ho
tum na be-parda numayan sar-e-mahfil hona

paemali mein maze bosa-e-pa ke leta
dil-e-na-fahm ko aaya hi nahin dil hona

aaina phenk bhi do bad-nazari karta hai
us ka shewa hai muqabil ke muqabil hona

ek duniya tere hamrah hai dil walon ki
ab na mahfil mein kahin zinat-e-mahfil hona

nur se apne badhate raho 'kaukab' ki ziya
ho mubarak tumhein rashk-e-mah-e-kaamil hona