shab-e-wada kah gai hai shab-e-gham daraaz rakhna
ise main bhi raaz rakkhun ise tum bhi raaz rakhna

ye hai khar khar wadi yunhi zakhm zakhm chalna
ye hai pattharon ki basti yunhi dil-e-gudaz rakhna

hama-tan junun hun phir bhi rahe kuchh to parda-dari
ki bura nahin khirad se koi saz-baz rakhna

mere nakhun-e-wafa par koi qarz rah na jae
tere dil mein jo girah hai use nim-baz rakhna

wahi lai jo an-suni bhi wahi 'shaz' naghmagi bhi
ye hisab-e-khamushi bhi mere nai-nawaz rakhna