kyā ḳhabar hijr kī shab kī bhī sahar hotī hai
kis tarah dekhiye ye raat basar hotī hai
tere dīvānoñ kī mahfil meñ hai pahchān yahī
reg-e-sahrā se sivā ḳhāk-basar hotī hai
kaam bigḌe hue ban jaate haiñ aksar mere
jab kabhī terī ināyat kī nazar hotī hai
kāTtā huuñ shab-e-furqat isī armān ke saath
Duub jaate haiñ sitāre to sahar hotī hai
zulf-o-zulf jo tūl-e-shab-e-hijrāñ ban jaa.e
chashm vo chashm jo paikān-e-jigar hotī hai
chāñdnī maañd paḌe aisī sabāhat un kī
shakl dekhe to koī rashk-e-qamar hotī hai
rasm-e-ulfat meñ yahī hotā hai aksar ai 'nūr'
Duub jaate haiñ safīne to ḳhabar hotī hai