rukhsar-o-lab kaukab-sifat
itne ki yaadon ke liye mumkin nahin tajdid bhi

khurshid bhi nahid bhi
is par wo jazb-e-be-karan sangin hisaron ka adu

wo mah-ru
aise gurezan jaise sahil se palatti mauj

aamezish kahan
kitna ziya'-e-jism-o-jaan

jis mein na thi mauj-e-saba mauj-e-ziya
aisa ziya'-e-narawa

ab dida-e-hairan mera
aaina san sakit misal-e-sham-e-yazdan mahw-e-takh’il-o-guman

kitne sitare hosh ke
pahna-e-subh-e-husn mein khoe gae

aashuftagi sahra-o-dariya ki tarah
sahba-e-ghaltan ki tarah

husn ek shakh-e-be-samar
mizrab-e-jaan soz-e-fughan

jaise shabistan-e-shab-e-mahtab par be-sud mandlai hawa
khwab-e-numu napaid-tar

wo be-khabar rukhsar-o-lab
is shauq ke kitne shabistan khwab se aari hue

be-mehr chehron ki kai shamen nazar ke samne
jaise mataa-e-narm dast-e-be-hunar ke samne