sukut kab se lab-e-shauq par hai kya kahiye
ki dushman apna hi zauq-e-nazar hai kya kahiye

ye kis ke gham mein rawan chashm-e-tar hai kya kahiye
har ashk daulat-e-barq-o-sharar hai kya kahiye

gham-e-maal-e-mohabbat are maaz-allah
charagh-e-sham ko khauf-e-sahar hai kya kahiye

sanwar to jaen zamane ke pech-o-kham lekin
phiri phiri si tumhaari nazar hai kya kahiye

diya gaya jise rangini-e-bahaar ka nam
ye sab hamara hi khun-e-jigar hai kya kahiye

teri nigah ki hai chaara-saz aalam ki
hamare waste kyon neshtar hai kya kahiye

chaman mein apna nasheman kise aziz nahin
kahe jo barq ki ye apna ghar hai kya kahiye

har ek sans hai gum zindagi ki manzil mein
khamosh yun hain ki rah-e-safar hai kya kahiye

khulegi aankh koi din mein ham-safiron ki
nai nai hawas-e-baal-o-par hai kya kahiye

samajh rahi hai hamein us ka ham-nashin duniya
wo hum se dur magar kis qadar hai kya kahiye

dayar-e-dil se to ab tak nikal raha hai dhuan
nigah-e-naz ka rukh ab kidhar hai kya kahiye

tumhaare zauq ko har roz taza afsane
zaban-e-ishq yahan mukhtasar hai kya kahiye