ye jahān-e-āb-o-gil lagtā hai ik maayā mujhe

har-qadam par justujū ne jis kī bahkāyā mujhe

zindagī-bhar mere apnoñ ne diyā mujh ko fareb

the jo begāne unhoñ ne aa ke apnāyā mujhe

va.ada-e-imroz-o-fardā meñ ulajh kar rah gayā

zindagī-bhar sabz-bāġh ik aisā dikhlāyā mujhe

ik muammā jaise ho sab ke liye merā vajūd

har kisī ne apne apne zarf tak paayā mujhe

jis ko dekho gardish-e-hālāt kā hai vo shikār

har koī jaise nazar aatā ho ghabrāyā mujhe

ahl-e-duniyā ne diye haiñ is qadar mujh ko fareb

kartā hai vahshat-zada ab apnā hī saayā mujhe

us kī zulf-e-ḳham-ba-ḳham se ab nikalnā hai muhāl

ġhamza-o-nāz-o-adā se aisā uljhāyā mujhe

ab jahāñ koī nahīñ mere liye rāh-e-farār

merā jazb-e-shauq āḳhir kis jagah laayā mujhe

jā.ūñ to jā.ūñ kahāñ koī nahīñ hai ḳhizr-e-rāh

umr-bhar josh-e-junūñ ne mere taḌpāyā mujhe

ab uḌātā hai mirī sahrā-navardī kā mazāq

ishq karne ke liye thā jis ne uksāyā mujhe

kar dī sab apnī matā-e-zindagī jis par nisār

ye jahān-e-rañg-o-bū hargiz na raas aayā mujhe

maiñ samajhtā thā jise apnā rafīq-e-zindagī

taḳhta-e-mashq-e-sitam us ne hī banvāyā mujhe

thā mirā jo hāshiya-bardār 'barqī'-āzamī

us ne hī tauq-e-ġhulāmī aa ke pahnāyā mujhe