yar hain chin-bar-jabin sab mehrban koi nahin
hum se hans kar bolne wala yahan koi nahin

qismat ek shab le gai mujh ko jo bagh-e-wasl mein
dekhta kya hun ki us ka baghban koi nahin

barq-e-gulshan mein padi kis ke tabassum se saba
jo na jhulsa howe aisa aashiyan koi nahin

wae nakaami ki fariyaadi hain hum us shahr mein
juz-khamoshi dad-ras apna jahan koi nahin

subh hote khwab-e-ghaflat se jo chaunke hum to hae
aankh ke khulte hi dekha karwan koi nahin

ai dil-e-be-jurat itni bhi na kar be-jurati
juz saba us gul ka is dam pasban koi nahin

do ghadi mil baithen hum tum ek dam jo chain se
hae zer-e-asman aisa makan koi nahin

main jo puchhun hun tere ghar mein bhi aata hai koi
yun kahe hai pher kar munh mein zaban koi nahin

munh uthae jate hain yun dasht-e-ghurbat mein chale
na-balad hain sab hi hum mein rah-dan koi nahin

thahriyo tuk thahriyo ki aae hai aawaz si
dekhiyo pichhe to aaj ai ham-rahan koi nahin

khwab-gah se kya uda kar le gai us ko saba
aur sab zewar hai us ka itr-dan koi nahin

'mushafi' kya khak hum sher-o-sukhan par ji lagaen
shaeri ye kuchh hai lekin qadr-dan koi nahin