yahan nahin hai wahan nahin hai idhar nahin hai udhar nahin hai
magar kisi tarah dil nahin manta ki wo jalwa-gar nahin hai

kisi bhi dar par ilaj-e-awezish-e-yaqin-o-guman na hoga
idhar chala aa ki mai-kade mein agar nahin hai magar nahin hai

hazar-ha samne ki baaton se jaan padti hai shairi mein
wo kaun se pesh-e-pa mazamin hain jin pe meri nazar nahin hai

jabin pe bindi nazar mein jadu labon pa bijli kamar pe gesu
wo meri hairat ko dekhte hain unhen kuchh apni khabar nahin hai

nahin jo qasid ka aana-jaana fareb khane laga zamana
to ye haqiqat ki rabt-e-behad ko hajat-e-nama-bar nahin hai

naqab uthne mein der kyon hai ye kaun samjhe ye kaun jaane
kise khabar hai ki khwahish-e-did waqt se peshtar nahin hai

ghalat-bayani se 'shad' ahl-e-sukhan abhi kaam le rahe hain
nahin hai har-chand wo zamana dahan nahin hai kamar nahin hai