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