ek muddat se isi uljhan mein hun

hujum-e-gham se mili hai hayat-e-nau mujhko

haq baat sar-e-bazm bhi kahne mein tammul

is tarah husn-o-mohabbat ki karo tum tafsir

apna nafas nafas hai ki shoala kahen jise

kyun shikwa-e-be-mehri-e-saqi hai labon par

rah-e-talab ki lakh masafat giran sahi

kabhi na husn-o-mohabbat mein ban saki wahid

shaKHsiyyat-e-fankar muamma nahin wahid

main auron ko kya parkhun aaina-e-alam mein

na puchhiye ki shab-e-hijr hum pe kya guzri

shab-e-firaq kai bar gosha-e-dil se

hum wo rah-raw hain ki chalna hi hai maslak jin ka

kisi ko be-sabab shohrat nahin milti hai ai wahid

hai sham-e-awadh gesu-e-dildar ka partaw