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