ye tadap hai lazzat-e-zindagi ye khalish nahin to maza nahin
main hun fitratan alam-ashna mere dukh ki koi dawa nahin

yunhi waqiat ke zail mein kahin tera nam bhi aa gaya
meri hasraton ka tha tazkira teri be-rukhi ka gila nahin

meri shustagi-e-mazaq ne mujhe har bala se bacha liya
main junun ki zad mein na aa saka main hadaf khirad ka bana nahin

mera zauq khud mera rahbar mera shauq khud mera rahnuma
use ho zarurat-e-na-khuda jise e'timad-e-khuda nahin

abhi aur talkhi-e-soz ko zara rang-e-naghma-e-saz de
jo mizaj-e-husn pe bar hon yahan aise ashk rawa nahin

main 'shafiq' hasrat-o-yas-o-gham ke na gaun git to kya karun
koi saz-e-aish-o-tarab nahin koi dil-nawaz sada nahin