zauq-e-ulfat ab bhi hai rahat ka arman ab bhi hai
dil pareshan ruh tarsan chashm-e-giryan ab bhi hai

kab sambhaale se sambhalta hai dil-e-pur-iztirab
aah-e-sozan lab par ab bhi sina baryan ab bhi hai

sai koshish ke liye maidan hai ab bhi farakh
azm-e-rasikh ki zarurat hum ko han han ab bhi hai

tukhm mein roidagi har nakhl mein baalidgi
mausam-e-sarma-o-garma baad-o-baran ab bhi hai

khalq mein maujud hain ab bhi wahi lal-o-gohar
tishna-kaami-e-sadaf ko abr-e-naisan ab bhi hai

sham bhi hai subh bhi hai aur din bhi raat bhi
mah-e-taban ab bhi hai mahr-e-darakhshan ab bhi hai

aashiq o mashuq bhi hain wasl o hijr o rashk bhi
mahr ulfat tegh o khanjar tir paikan ab bhi hai

hai wahi diwangi ab bhi wahi shoridgi
jaib o daman hadiya-e-khar-e-bayaban ab bhi hai

shauq o zauq ab bhi hai baqi murda-dil hum hain to hain
apne dil ko hasrat-e-sair-e-gulistan ab bhi hai

ishq ki surat jo badle to ho aashiq bhi kuchh aur
ye jafa-o-jaur ka har waqt khwahan ab bhi hai

aa gai piri magar ab tak hai tu mahw-e-khayal
ham-sabaq tiflon ka tu tifl-e-dabistan ab bhi hai

garmi-e-mahfil wahi hai jama hain ahbab bhi
hasti-e-parwana o sham-e-shabistan ab bhi hai

ghair-mumkin hai badal jae kabhi qanun-e-haq
hukm-e-yazdan ab bhi hai ijra-e-farman ab bhi hai

kyun musalmanon ne badla haal apni qaum ka
tha jo quran bas wahi maujud quran ab bhi hai

qashqa baala-e-jabin zunnar hai baala-e-dosh
ye bata iman se kya tu musalman ab bhi hai

ittiqa o zohd se dil-bastagi baqi nahin
dawa-e-islam jaisa pahle tha han ab bhi hai

kho diye ayyam-e-piri ne tere hosh-o-hawas
ai bashir-e-be-nawa kuchh dil mein arman ab bhi hai