agarche aañkh bahut shoḳhiyoñ kī zad meñ rahī
mirī nigāh hamesha adab kī had meñ rahī
samajh sakā na koī zindagī kī arzish ko
ye jins-e-ḳhās trāzū-e-nek-o-bad meñ rahī
bahut buland huā tamkanat se tāj-e-shahī
kulāh-e-faqr magar nāzish-e-namad meñ rahī
hamesha dard se aarī rahā ye zāhid-e-ḳhushk
ye na.ash zinda sadā goshā-e-lahad meñ rahī
diloñ meñ baiTh gayā barhaman kā husn-e-bayāñ
hadīs-e-shaiḳh tilismāt-e-radd-o-kad meñ rahī