ye iqamat hamein paigham-e-safar deti hai
zindagi maut ke aane ki khabar deti hai

zal-e-duniya hai ajab tarah ki allama-e-dahr
mard-e-din-dar ko bhi dahriya kar deti hai

badhti jati hai jo mashq-e-sitam us zalim ki
kuchh mohabbat meri islah magar deti hai

faeda de tere bimar ko kya khak dawa
ab to iksir bhi dije to zarar deti hai

shama ghabra na shab-e-gham se ki koi dam mein
tujh ko kafur-e-safedi-e-sahar deti hai

ghuncha hansta hai tere aage jo gustakhi se
chatkhana munh pe wahin baad-e-sahar deti hai

shama bhi kam nahin kuchh ishq mein parwane se
jaan deta hai agar wo to ye sar deti hai

dam-ba-dam zakhm pe ek zakhm hai dam lene ki
mujh ko fursat nahin wo tegh-e-nazar deti hai

kahte sunte nahin kuchh hum to shab-e-hijr mein par
nala-e-dil ka jawab aah-e-jigar deti hai

tira-bakhti meri karti hai pareshan mujh ko
tohmat is zulf-e-siyah-fam pe dhar deti hai

nakhl-e-mizhgan se hai kya jaaniye kya chashm-e-samar
chashm pani ki jagah khun-e-jigar deti hai

deti sharbat hai kise zahr bhari aankh teri
ain ehsan hai wo zahr bhi gar deti hai

koi ghammaz nahin meri taraf se ai 'zauq'
kan us ke meri fariyaad hi bhar deti hai