maal-e-shab ba-unwan-e-sahar kahna hi paDta hai

dam-e-barq-o-baad hota nafas-e-sharar hota

wo mere gham mein bhi KHandan nahin hone pata

na nishat-e-chaara-sazi na malal-e-kam-nigahi

mere dil ki dhaDak uske tabassum par garan kyun ho

KHizr-e-manzil na tha ibn-e-mariyam na tha

bujhti hui shaMein hoti hain Dube hue tare hote hain

dida-o-danista dhoka kha gae

sohbat-e-mai-kashi sarsari rah gai

mujhe ai ham-nafas andesha-e-barq-o-KHizan kyun ho

hadd-e-nazar tak raat hi raat

mere mughanni tujhe kya ho gaya

nala-bar-lab haram se nikalna paDa

wajh-e-taskin-e-junun wasl-e-nigaran bhi nahin

sohbat-e-mai-kashi sarsari rah gai