wo dekhne hamein tuk bimari mein na aaya
sau bar aankhen kholin baalin se sar uthaya

gulshan ke taeron ne kya be-murawwati ki
yak barg-e-gul qafas mein hum tak na koi laya

be-hech us ka ghussa yaro bala-e-jaan hai
hargiz mana na hum se bahtera hi manaya

qadd-e-buland agarche be-lutf bhi nahin hai
sarw-e-chaman mein lekin andaza wo na paya

naqsha ajab hai us ka naqqash ne azal ke
matbu aisa chehra koi na phir banaya

shab ko nashe mein baham thi guftugu-e-darham
us mast ne jhankaya yani bahut jhukaya

dil-bastagi mein khulna us ka na us se dekha
bakht-e-nigun ko hum ne sau bar aazmaya

aashiq jahan hua hai be-dhangiyan hi ki hain
is 'mir'-e-be-khirad ne kab dhab se dil lagaya