shohra-e-afaq mujh sa kaun sa diwana hai
hind mein main hun paristan mein mera afsana hai

said-gah-e-murgh-e-dil rukhsara-e-jaanana hai
dam-e-zulf-e-ambarin hai khal-e-mushkin dana hai

husn se rutba hai apne ishq-e-kaamil ka buland
aastana par pari hai baam par diwana hai

is mein rahta hai safa-e-ru-e-jaanan ka khayal
dil nahin pahlu mein apne aaina ka khana hai

bechta hun dil ko jo mahbub chahe mol le
bosa qimat hai tawajjoh ki nazar baiana hai

phuten wo aankhen nigah-e-bad se jo dekhen tujhe
aatishin rukhsar mijmar khal kala dana hai

roz-o-shab us shama-ru ko bhejta hun khatt-e-shauq
nama-bar din ko kabutar raat ko parwana hai

khar khar-e-dil ghanimat jaanta hun ishq mein
zulf-e-dud-e-ah ki aarastagi kashana hai

sharh likkha chahiye us ki bayaz-e-subh par
matla-e-khurshid bait-e-abru-e-jaanana hai

haalat-e-aina rakhta hai safa se dil mera
aashna se aashna begana se begana hai

qatl se mujh sakht-jaan ke munkir ai qatil na ho
hujjat-e-qate teri talwar ka dandana hai

waste har shai ke duniya mein muqarrar hain mahal
shahr mein jab tak hai majnun ganj-e-be-virana hai

bagh-e-alam mein nahin us shokh sa koi hasin
gul hai apna yar yusuf sabza-e-begana hai

ab nahin ai yar jauban ko tere bim-e-zawal
khatt-e-mushkin husn ki jagir ka parwana hai

haal hai jis ka usi ke waste hai khushnuma
naqs hai talwar ka wasf arra ka dandana hai

yar khinche tegh tere qatl karne ke liye
sar jhuka 'atish' ye ja-e-sajda-e-shukrana hai