dil taḌap jaa.e na kyuuñ sun kar fuġhān-e-ahl-e-dard
un se pūchho jo samajhte haiñ zabān-e-ahl-e-dard
ek se ik baḌh ke hai dilchasp dilkash dil-sitāñ
hāl-e-dil afsāna-e-ġham dāstān-e-ahl-e-dard
ye to kahiye muñh se ik uf tak kisī ne kī kabhī
le chuke haiñ aap akasr imtihān-e-ahl-e-dard
haath dho le jaan se koī to jī bhar kar sune
jāñ-sitān-e-ahl-e-dil hai dāstān-e-ahl-e-dard
kis ke aage dard-e-dil apnā kahoge tum 'shafaq'
koī duniyā meñ nahīñ ab qadr-dān-e-ahl-e-dard