ishq kī manzil meñ ab tak rasm mar jaane kī hai

husn kī mahfil meñ ab bhī ḳhaak parvāne kī hai

ārzū-e-shauq kaif-e-mustaqil paane kī hai

dil kī har taḳhrīb meñ ta.amīr vīrāne kī hai

mehr-e-qabl-e-shām kī raftār mastāne kī hai

matl.a-e-rañg-e-shafaq meñ shaan maiḳhāne kī hai

sham-e-mahfil bhī nahīñ aur ahl-e-mahfil bhī nahīñ

nāzish-e-mahfil sahar tak ḳhaak parvāne kī hai

ho sakegī kis tarah sarf-e-qalam rūdād-e-dil

ab bhī zer-e-ġhaur surḳhī ġham ke afsāne kī hai

kyā sukūn-e-kaif de rañgīn māhaul-e-qafas

har ghaḌī pesh-e-nazar tasvīr kāshāne kī hai

chand lamhoñ ko chale aanā mire marne ke ba.ad

kyā zarūrat jīte-jī taklīf farmāne kī hai

aur kyā hotā ziyāda is se ehsās-e-vafā

sham.a ke dāman meñ koī shart parvāne kī hai

bandagī mashrūt ho saktī nahīñ ahl-e-nazar

''is meñ koī shart ka.abe kī na but-ḳhāne kī hai

dāstān-e-ārzū hai naġhma-e-ahd-e-shabāb

is kī surḳhī par zarūrat ġhaur farmāne kī hai

markaz-e-ahl-e-nazar hai 'zeb' nairañg-e-ḳhayāl

phir kamī kyuuñ manzar-e-fitrat pe chhā jaane kī hai