hota nahin zauq-e-zindagi kam

tab karan ta-ba-karan subh ki aahaT gunji

har lamha agar gurez-pa hai

shab-e-firaq ko jab muzhda-e-sahar aaya

tu bigaDta bhi hai KHas apne hi andaz ke sath

fasle ke mani ka kyun fareb khate ho

machalti hai mere aaghosh mein KHushbu-e-yar ab tak

tu jo badla to zamana bhi badal jaega

wo koi aur na tha chand KHushk patte the

suraj ko nikalna hai so niklega dobara

andaz hu-ba-hu teri aawaz-e-pa ka tha

itne bedar zamane mein ye sazish bhari raat

ajab surur mila hai mujhe dua kar ke

jaane kahan the aur chale the kahan se hum

main wo shaer hun jo shahon ka sana-KHwan na hua