wo firaq aur wo visal kahan
wo shab-o-roz o mah-o-sal kahan

fursat-e-karobar-e-shauq kise
zauq-e-nazzara-e-jamal kahan

dil to dil wo dimagh bhi na raha
shor-e-sauda-e-khatt-o-khal kahan

thi wo ek shakhs ke tasawwur se
ab wo ranai-e-khayal kahan

aisa aasan nahin lahu rona
dil mein taqat jigar mein haal kahan

hum se chhuta qimar-khana-e-ishq
wan jo jawen girah mein mal kahan

fikr-e-duniya mein sar khapata hun
main kahan aur ye wabaal kahan

muzmahil ho gae qawa ghaalib
wo anasir mein e'tidal kahan

bose mein wo muzaiqa na kare
par mujhe taqat-e-sawal kahan

falak-e-sifla be-muhaba hai
is sitam-gar ko infial kahan