koī ye kah de gulshan gulshan

laakh balā.eñ ek nasheman

qātil rahbar qātil rahzan

dil sā dost na dil sā dushman

phuul khile haiñ gulshan gulshan

lekin apnā apnā dāman

ishq hai pyāre khel nahīñ hai

ishq hai kāre-shīsha-o-āhan

ḳhair mizāj-e-husn kī yā-rab

tez bahut hai dil kī dhaḌkan

aa ki na jaane tujh bin kab se

ruuh hai lāsha jism hai madfan

aaj na jaane raaz ye kyā hai

hijr kī raat aur itnī raushan

umreñ bītīñ sadiyāñ guzrīñ

hai vahī ab tak ishq kā bachpan

tujh sā hasīñ aur ḳhūn-e-mohabbat

vahm hai shāyad surḳhi-e-dāman

barq-e-havādis allāh allāh

jhuum rahī hai shāḳh-e-nasheman

tū ne sulajh kar gesū-e-jānāñ

aur baḌhā dī shauq kī uljhan

rahmat hogī tālib-e-isyāñ

rashk karegī pākī-e-dāman

dil ki mujassam ā.īna-sāmāñ

aur vo zālim ā.īna-dushman

baiThe ham har bazm meñ lekin

jhaaḌ ke uTThe apnā dāman

hastī-e-shā.er allāh allāh

husn kī manzil ishq kā maskan

rañgīñ fitrat saada tabī.at

farsh-nashīñ aur arsh-nasheman

kaam adhūrā aur āzādī

naam baḌe aur thoḌe darshan

sham.a hai lekin dhuñdlī dhu.dlī

saayā hai lekin raushan raushan

kāñToñ kā bhī haq hai kuchh āḳhir

kaun chhuḌā.e apnā dāman

chaltī phirtī chhāñv hai pyāre

kis kā sahrā kaisā gulshan