ai yar-e-dil-nashin wo ada kaun le gaya
tere nagin se naqsh-e-wafa kaun le gaya

hal kar diya tha jis ne muamma shabab ka
tujh se wo fikr-e-uqda-kusha kaun le gaya

tha lutf pahle qahr mein ab sirf qahr hai
zulmat se mauj-e-ab-e-baqa kaun le gaya

kyun dafatan labon pe khamoshi si chha gai
is saz-e-dil-nashin ki sada kaun le gaya

aankhon se shan-e-bazl-o-sakha kis ne chhin li
sine se zauq-e-lutf-o-ata kaun le gaya

thin jis ki rau se khun-e-tamanna mein surkhiyan
rukhsar se wo rang-e-wafa kaun le gaya

raaton ko mangna tha dua meri did ki
wo minnaten wo zauq-e-dua kaun le gaya

ai shah banda-parwar-e-sultan-e-narm-dil
dil se tere khayal-e-gada kaun le gaya

pahli si wo kalam mein narmi nahin rahi
guftar se mizaj-e-saba kaun le gaya

ab 'josh' ke liye hain na aansu na aah-e-sard
is gulsitan ki aab-o-hawa kaun le gaya