sanat na hogi taham kya chiz ho gae tum
har shakhs se tawazo har baat par tabassum

dekho na mere dil ki taswir-e-paemali
apne se khud na nafrat karne lago kahin tum

jis din se tere dil tak pahunchin meri nigahen
yaksan hai mujh ko teri khamoshi-o-takallum

hai kis maqam par ab ulfat khuda hi jaane
hain wo bhi aaj chup-chup baithe hain hum bhi gum-sum

main soch mein tha chhodun kis tarah do-jahan ko
achchha hua ki mujh ko aise mein mil gae tum

'maikash' sa aadmi aur ulfat ki sakht rahen
har gam par hai laghzish har gam par tasadum