shohrat hai meri sukhan-wari ki
hindi mein hai tarz farsi ki

kyun zikr-e-visal se khafa ho
ye baat to hai hansi-khushi ki

allah re nazakat-e-lab-e-yar
but-khane pade jo mai-kashi ki

shikwa na karun main ta-lab-e-gor
dushman bhi kahe ki dosti ki

ho dida-e-mehr shabnam-afshan
haalat jo dikhaun be-kasi ki

jab maut kisi tarah na aae
ghabra kar hum ne aashiqi ki

khamosh ho shama rote rote
taqrir karun jo khamushi ki

ai maut azab se chhudaya
is qaid se tu ne mukhlisi ki

bulbul ko kiya asir-e-gul-dam
sayyaad ne khub munsifi ki

dekha jo wo rashk-e-mah-e-kanan
rangat hui zar-dastari ki

pahunche na ba-rang-e-shana ta zulf
kya bakht-e-siyah ne kotahi ki

dozakh ki tarah jalen na zahid
jannat mein bhi hum ne mai-kashi ki

nale kiye chupke chupke roe
kya kya gham yar ki khushi ki

ghulon ne lahad pe hun wo wahshi
aankhon se aa ke raushni ki

ai 'arsh' khuda-o-but ahad hain
mushrik ko samai hai dui ki