gila hai kam-nigahi ko mein kaamgar nahin
hanuz nudrat-e-kirdar aashkar nahin

mera wo soz hai na-mahramon mein be-tabir
mah-o-sitara ko jis ke liye qarar nahin

mera sukut jawab aaina hai un ke liye
wo jin ki rae mein diwana honhaar nahin

nahin hai koi darakhshanda barq jis ki misal
mushabah jis ke koi guhar-e-abdar nahin

saza-e-khwesh hai khud sath-e-chashm-e-zahir mein
jise maani-e-shair pe e'tibar nahin

sabab hain aur bhi lekin ba-juz do-harf jawab
ada-e-zail se maqsud zinhaar nahin

tumhin kaho hai mera kaun sa karam-farma
ki jis ki khatir-e-bargashta mein ghubar nahin

ho shad-kaami-e-gul-gasht-e-zarf shair kya
musaf-e-shahr charagah-o-chashma-saz nahin

shaguft-e-taba ke saman-o-saz hain napaid
saba nahin chamanistan nahin bahaar nahin

masham-e-naghma hai aazurda chahchahe khamosh
nawa-e-ghuncha nahin nikhat-e-hazar nahin

nahin bat-e-mai-e-saqi na barbat-e-mutrib
bisat-e-gul nahin aaghosh-e-gul-ezar nahin

muhit-e-ghurbat-e-baalin hai khanuman-sozi
koi habib nahin koi gham-gusar nahin

mere kamal ki zamin hai khud ye qismat-e-gham
khusha main khasta-e-gham to hun sogwar nahin