aur na dar-ba-dar phirā aur na aazmā mujhe
bas mire parda-dār bas! ab nahīñ hausla mujhe
saḳht nazar-fareb hai ā.ina-ḳhāna-e-jamāl
us kī chamak-damak na dekh, dekh bujhā bujhā mujhe
habs-e-hujūm-e-ḳhalq se ghuT ke alag huā to maiñ
qatra ba-sat.h-e-bahar thā chaaT ga.ī havā mujhe
sabr karo muhāsibo vaqt tumheñ batā.egā
dahr ko maiñ ne kyā diyā dahr se kyā milā mujhe
sirf usī ke sāmne ḳhvār kiyā thā aas ne
yaas ne fard fard par aa.ina kar diyā mujhe
tere hī misr kā malāl tere hī najd kā ḳhayāl
shahr-ba-shahr kū-ba-kū gām-ba-gām thā mujhe
kār-gah-e-baqā mujhe zāt-o-hayāt-o-kā.enāt
zāt-o-hayāt-o-kā.enāt dā.era-e-fanā mujhe
zāt-o-hayāt-o-kā.enāt be-sar-o-pā o be-sabāt
be-sar-o-pā o be-sabāt shai se umiid kyā mujhe
raat luġhāt-e-umr se maiñ ne chunā thā ek lafz
lafz bahut ajiib thā yaad nahīñ rahā mujhe
thā guzarāñ guzar gayā vaqt-e-visāl aur bas
ḳhaak bhī chhāntā phirā phir na kabhī milā mujhe
maiñ ne hañsī-ḳhushī use jaane diyā thā haañ magar
ye to muāhida na thā muḌ ke na dekhnā mujhe
shaam us aadmī kī yaad aa.ī jo ek umr ba.ad
jāniye kis azaab meñ kar ga.ī mubtalā mujhe
maiñ ne use shikast dī sīna-ba-sīna lab-ba-lab
sīna-ba-sīna lab-ba-lab us ne harā diyā mujhe
jo na sunā thā dahr se us kī zabāñ se sun liyā
ab mujhe koī kuchh kahe fikr nahīñ zarā mujhe
haiñ tirī mehrbāniyāñ bhūlī huī kahāniyāñ
bhūlī huī kahāniyāñ yaad na ab dilā mujhe
fan ko samajh liyā gayā mahz atiyya-e-falak
sa.ī-o-riyāz kā sila ḳhuub diyā gayā mujhe
mahram-e-ḳhās dekhnā so to nahīñ gayā 'shu.ūr'
der huī sune hue koī na.ī sadā mujhe