dosto kya kya diwali mein nashat-o-aish hai
sab muhayya hai jo is hangam ke shayan hai

is tarah hain kucha-o-bazar par naqsh-o-nigar
ho ayan husn-e-nigarisatan ki jin se khub re

garm-joshi apni ba-jam-e-charaghan lutf se
kya hi raushan kar rahi hai har taraf roghan ki mai

mail-e-sair-e-charaghan nakhl har ja dam-ba-dam
hasil-e-nazzara husn-e-sham-e-ruyan pai-ba-pai

aashiqan kahte hain mashuqon se ba-ijz-o-niyaz
hai agar manzur kuchh lena to hazir hain rupe

gar mukarrar arz karte hain to kahte hain wo shokh
hum se lete ho miyan takrar-o-hujjat ta-ba-kai

kahte hain ahl-e-qimar aap mein garm ikhtilat
hum to dab mein sau rupe rakhte hain tum rakhte ho kai

jit ka padta hai jis ka danon wo kahta hai yun
su-e-dast-e-rast hai mere koi farkhanda-pai

hai dasahre mein bhi yun go farhat-o-zinat 'nazir'
par diwali bhi ajab pakiza-tar tyauhaar hai