aankhen nikal aai hain meri sans ruki hai
jald aa ki teri yaad gala ghunt rahi hai

dawat ki teri bazm mein kyun dhum machi hai
kya baat hai kya koi nai jeb kati hai

waiz ko jo dekho to ghata-top andhera
saqi ko jo dekho to kiran phut rahi hai

kya hai jo nahin ye asar-e-rabt-e-mohabbat
roe to hain wo aur meri aawaz padi hai

sae ki tamanna mein jahan baith gaya hun
chandiya pe wahin tak ke diwar giri hai

chhute nahin chhutti hai tere wasl ki hasrat
ye jonk mere dil ka lahu chus rahi hai

wo un ka zamana tha jahan aql badi thi
ye mera zamana hai yahan bhains badi hai

phir kya hai jo 'machis' nahin ye soz-e-mohabbat
ek barq si rag rag mein mere kaund rahi hai