sub.h hai raat kahāñ ab vo kahāñ raat kī baat

baat hī baat to hai baiTh bhī lo baat kī baat

arsh par rahte haiñ kyā ka.abe ke rahne vaale

koī suntā hī nahīñ ahl-e-ḳharābāt kī baat

ye koī baat hai ḳhum saath liye vaa.iz aa.e

aur phir maiñ na sunūñ qibla-e-hājāt kī baat

phuuT kar rote hue dekh liyā hai mujh ko

chheḌne ko mire har-vaqt hai barsāt kī baat

vahī ubhrī hai shikan ban ke jabīñ par terī

gaḌ ga.ī dil meñ tire kyā kisī bad-zāt kī baat

na khulā ye ki kahāñ shab ko bichā.ī thī bisāt

ġhair kī chaal kā kuchh zikr thā kuchh baat kī baat

jab kahā maiñ ne kaho ġhair ke ghar kā kuchh haal

bole jhuñjhlā ke nikālī vahī be-bāt kī baat

kahīñ aisā na ho aa jaa.e taras aap ko kuchh

aap suniye na kisī morid-e-āfāt kī baat

zarf-e-be-mai se pilā.ī to haram meñ phailī

phailtī jald hai kuchh ahl-e-karāmāt kī baat

raat ka.abe meñ ga.ī qulqul-e-mīnā ban kar

na to chhuptī hai na dabtī hai ḳharābāt kī baat

koste haiñ vo burī tarah jo kahtā huuñ 'riyāz'

rāt-bhar aaj bhī hotī rahī kal raat kī baat