sharmindagi-e-dil ko chhupaoge kahan tak
aahon ki rasai hai zamin aur zaman tak

bin us ke hai dushwar yahan sans bhi lena
aaya hai koi dil mein utar kar rag-e-jaan tak

kanon mein wo amrit sa utar jata hai ban kar
tasir masihai ki aae jo zaban tak

har dil mein tamanna to har ek aankh mein hasrat
shaidai-e-ulfat hai yahan pir-o-jawan tak

mahrum nazar hai mera zakhmon se bhara dil
hasil hai hamein dad faqat zor-e-bayan tak

gardan ye kisi taur kabhi bach na sakegi
aa jaegi jis roz qaza nok-e-sinan tak

jis roz yaqin aaega mar jaenge us din
rahne do mohabbat ko yunhi wahm-o-guman tak