tufan-e-mohabbat lakh uthe tufan se lekin hasil kya
jo dub gai wo kashti kya jo hath aaya wo sahil kya

ye barq-o-sharar ye shams-o-qamar dete hain nishan-e-manzil kya
ai dost hamein ho sakta hai andaza-e-rang-e-mahfil kya

kya kahiye ki dard-e-furqat se 'ehsas' tadapta hai dil kya
taskin to mana mumkin hai taskin se lekin hasil kya

hum dur se kya andaza karen kya naz-o-niyaz-e-ulfat the
parwane se hone wali thi tauhin-e-mazaq-e-mahfil kya

hai rah-e-mohabbat rah-e-raza andesha-e-sud-o-ziyan kaisa
main kyun dekhun aasan hai kya main kyun dekhun hai mushkil kya

tauhin-talab tauhin-e-junun tauhin uruj-e-manzil hai
main jis pe pahunch jaun hamdam ho sakti hai meri manzil kya

izhaar-e-gham-e-dil karna to 'ehsas' ba-har-haal aasan hai
ashkon ki faqat do bundon ka aankhon se nikalna mushkil kya