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

main auron ko kya parkhun aaina-e-alam mein

rah-e-talab ki lakh masafat giran sahi

apna nafas nafas hai ki shoala kahen jise

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

aazad to barson se hain arbab-e-gulistan

aashiyan jalne pe buniyaad nai paDti hai

is tarah husn-o-mohabbat ki karo tum tafsir

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

kis shan kis waqar se kis bankpan se hum

koi hangama-e-hayat nahin

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

koi gardish ho koi gham ho koi mushkil ho

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

dilon mein zaKHm honTon par tabassum