shorish-e-paiham bhī hai afsurdagi-e-dil bhī hai

zindagī bahtā huā dhārā bhī hai sāhil bhī hai

qais kī nazroñ se koī dekhne vaalā to ho

najd meñ lailā bhī hai jalve bhī haiñ mahmil bhī hai

qissa-e-dār-o-rasan yā qissa-e-gesū-o-qad

kuchh to chheḌo vaqt bhī hai rañg par mahfil bhī hai

kyā kare pāmāl-e-ġham ik yād-e-māzī hī nahīñ

haal kī bhī talḳhiyāñ haiñ fikr-e-mustaqbil bhī hai

hai idhar tūfān dāman-gīr 'rāhī' kyā karūñ

muntazir merā udhar koī lab-e-sāhil bhī hai