sub.h tak ham raat kā zād-e-safar ho jā.eñge
tujh se ham-āġhosh ho kar muntashar ho jā.eñge
dhuup sahrā tan barhana ḳhvāhisheñ yādoñ ke khet
shaam aate hī ġhubār-e-rah-guzar ho jā.eñge
dasht-e-tanhā.ī meñ jiine kā salīqa sīkhiye
ye shikasta bām-o-dar bhī ham-safar ho jā.eñge
shorish-e-duniyā ko āhista-ravī kā hukm ho
nazr-e-ḳhair-o-shar tire shorīda-sar ho jā.eñge
ye jo haiñ do-chār shurafā-e-avadh aḳhtar-shanās
kuchh dinoñ meñ ye bhī aurāq-e-digar ho jā.eñge