kya badan hoga ki jis ke kholte jame ka band

dosti bad bala hai isMein KHuda

umr fariyaad mein barbaad gai kuchh na hua

ye wo aansu hain jin se zohra aatishnak ho jawe

sau sau hain iltifat taghaful mein yar ke

KHalwat ho aur sharab ho mashuq samne

is ashk o aah mein sauda bigaD na jae kahin

chashm-e-tar par gar nahin karta hawa par rahm kar

tasawwur us dahan-e-tang ka ruKHsat nahin deta

misr mein husn ki wo garmi-e-bazar kahan

haq mujhe baatil-ashna na kare

agarche ishq mein aafat hai aur bala bhi hai

sarir-e-saltanat se aastan-e-yar behtar tha