ba-qadr-e-josh-e-junūñ taar taar bhī na kiyā
vo pairahan jise nazr-e-bahār bhī na kiyā
koī javāb hai is tarz-e-dil-rubā.ī kā
sukūñ bhī luuT liyā be-qarār bhī na kiyā
dil-e-ḳharāb sar-e-kū-e-yār le aayā
ḳhayāl-e-gardish-e-lail-o-nahār bhī na kiyā
guzar gayā yūñhī chup-chāp kārvān-e-bahār
naved-e-gul bhī na dī dil-figār bhī na kiyā
ḳhayāl-e-ḳhātir-e-ahbāb aur kyā karte
jigar pe zaḳhm bhī khaa.e shumār bhī na kiyā