talib-e-did ko manzil-e-ishq mein kaun kahta hai ye rahbar chahiye

talib-e-did ko manzil-e-'ishq mein kaun kahta hai ye rahbar chahiye
un ka jalwa har ek shai mein maujud hai mo'tabar apna zauq-e-nazar chahiye
hum asiron ka sayyaad arman ye hai bas nazar bhar ke phir aashiyan dekh len
go ye sach hai ki parwaz ke waste kuchh na kuchh quwwat-e-baal-o-par chahiye


sakhtiyan kaisi aur kaisi nakaamiyan manzil-e-'ishq mein kaisi dushwariyan
kaamyabi qadam-bos hone lage 'azm-e-mohkam mein itna asar chahiye
ai nasim-e-sahar aisa dhoka na de aamad-e-fasl-e-gul ka sahaara na de
rut na badle ki badle hamein kya gharaz hum ko aane ki un ke khabar chahiye


main jagah ki parastish to karta nahin ek tasawwur ke aage jhukata hun sar
naseha mujh ko samjhana bekar hai aur honge jinhen sang-e-dar chahiye
dastanen sunane se kya faeda raaz-e-ulfat batane se kya faeda
‘ishq-e-khuddar ye mashwara hai mera husn se guftugu mukhtasar chahiye


rah-e-ulfat mein rakkha hai pahla qadam aur zid hai ki puchhenge haalat-e-gham
kijiye jaan-e-'ishrat' na qasir hamein raaz-dan 'ishq ka mo'tabar chahiye