marhala tai koī be-minnat-e-jāda bhī to ho
ġham baḌhe bhī to sahī dard ziyāda bhī to ho
aisī mushkil to nahīñ dasht-e-vafā kī tasḳhīr
sar meñ saudā bhī to ho dil meñ irāda bhī to ho
zehn kā mashvara-e-tark-e-talab bhī bar-haq
zehn kī baat qubūl-e-dil-e-sāda bhī to ho
kahīñ bādal kahīñ sūraj kahīñ saaya kahīñ dhuup
mire ma.abūd tirā koī labāda bhī to ho
pyaar meñ kam to nahīñ kam-nigahī bhī us kī
haañ tunak-zarfī-e-ehsās kushāda bhī to ho
āshiqī sarmad-o-mansūr se kuchh ḳhaas nahīñ
mast lekin koī be-zahmat-e-bāda bhī to ho
zarf-e-īzā-talabī ġham bhī parakh leñ 'gauhar'
us se ik roz na milne kā irāda bhī to ho