ye mohabbat hai mohabbat sargirānī ho to kyā
shiddat-e-ġham se jigar kā ḳhuun paanī ho to kyā
ruuh ban kar merī rag rag meñ sarāyat kar gayā
aise dard-e-dil kī koī tarjumānī ho to kyā
sard ho saktā nahīñ sargarm insāñ kā lahū
hādisāt-e-nau-ba-nau meñ zindagānī ho to kyā
apnā jiinā ek dhokā apnā marnā ik fareb
zindagī se zindagī kī tarjumānī ho to kyā
har tarah ḳhush ḳhush rahī hai mujh se merī zindagī
mehrbānī ho to kyā nā-mehrbānī ho to kyā
ġham natīja hai ḳhushī kī intihā kā ai 'kalīm'
dil kī ik ik mauj mauj-e-shādmānī ho to kyā