jab ba-taqrīb-e-safar yaar ne mahmil bāñdhā

tapish-e-shauq ne har zarre pe ik dil bāñdhā

ahl-e-bīnash ne ba-hairat-kada-e-shoḳhi-e-nāz

jauhar-e-ā.ina ko tūti-e-bismil bāñdhā

yaas o ummīd ne yak-arbada maidāñ māñgā

ijz-e-himmat ne tilism-e-dil-e-sā.il bāñdhā

na bañdhe tishnagi-e-zauq ke mazmūñ 'ġhālib'

garche dil khol ke dariyā ko bhī sāhil bāñdhā

istilāhāt-e-asīrān-e-taġhāful mat pūchh

jo girah aap na kholī use mushkil bāñdhā

yaar ne tishnagī-e-shauq ke mazmūñ chāhe

ham ne dil khol ke dariyā ko bhī sāhil bāñdhā

tapish-e-ā.īna parvāz-e-tamannā laa.ī

nāma-e-shauq ba-hāl-e-dil-e-bismil bāñdhā

diida tā-dil hai yāk-ā.īna charāġhāñ kis ne

ḳhalvat-e-nāz pe pairāya-e-mahfil bāñdhā

nā-umīdī ne ba-taqrīb-e-mazāmīn-e-ḳhumār

kūcha-e-mauj ko ḳhamyāza-e-sāhil bāñdhā

mutrib-e-dil ne mire tār-e-nafas se 'ġhālib'

saaz par rishta pa.e naġhma-e-'bedil' bāñdhā