ye surmai fazaon ki kunmunahaten
milti hain mujh ko pichhle pahar teri aahaten

is kaenat-e-gham ki fasurda fazaon mein
bikhra gae hain aa ke wo kuchh muskurahaten

ai jism-e-naznin-e-nigar-e-nazar-nawaz
subh-e-shab-e-visal teri malgujahaten

padti hai aasman-e-mohabbat pe chhut si
balbe jabin-e-naz teri jagmagahaten

chalti hai jab nasim-e-khayal-e-khiram-e-naz
sunta hun damanon ki tere sarsarahaten

chashm-e-siyah tabassum-e-pinhan liye hue
pau phutne se qabl ufuq ki adahaten

jumbish mein jaise shakh ho gul-ha-e-naghma ki
ek paikar-e-jamil ki ye lahlahahaten

jhonkon ki nazr hai chaman-e-intizar-e-dost
yaad-e-ummid-o-bim ki ye sansanahaten

ho samna agar to khajil ho nigah-e-barq
dekhi hain uzw uzw mein wo achpalahaten

kis des ko sidhaar gain ai jamal-e-yar
rangin labon pe khel ke kuchh muskurahaten

rukhsar-e-tar se taza ho bagh-e-adan ki yaad
aur us ki pahli subh ki wo rasmasahaten

saz-e-jamal ki ye nawa-ha-e-sarmadi
joban to wo farishte sunen gungunahaten

aazurdagi-e-husn bhi kis darja shokh hai
ashkon mein tairti hui kuchh muskurahaten

hone laga hun khud se qarin ai shab-e-alam
main pa raha hun hijr mein kuchh apni aahaten

meri ghazal ki jaan samajhna unhen 'firaq'
sham-e-khayal-e-yar ki ye thartharahaten