tum na maano magar haqīqat hai

ishq insān kī zarūrat hai

jī rahā huuñ is e'timād ke saath

zindagī ko mirī zarūrat hai

husn hī husn jalve hī jalve

sirf ehsās kī zarūrat hai

us ke va.ade pe naaz the kyā kyā

ab dar-o-bām se nadāmat hai

us kī mahfil meñ baiTh kar dekho

zindagī kitnī ḳhūb-sūrat hai

rāsta kaT hī jā.egā 'qābil'

shauq-e-manzil agar salāmat hai