Chand nikle kisī janib tiri zebai ka Rañg badle kisi surat shab-e-tanhai ka Daulat-e-lab se phir ai ḳhusrav-e-shirin-dahanan Aaj arzan ho ...

Be-dam hue bimar dava kyun nahin dete Tum achchhe masihā ho shifa kyun nahin dete Dard-e-shab-e-hijran ki jaza kyun nahin dete ...

Baat bas se nikal chali hai Dil ki halat sambhal chali hai Ab junun had se badh chala hai Ab tabiat bahal chali hai Ashk ḳhunab ...

Ab vahi harf-e-junun sab ki zaban Thahri hai Jo bhi chal nikli hai vo baat kahan Thahri hai Aaj tak shaiḳh ke ikram men jo shai thi haram ...

Ab ke baras dastūr-e-sitam meñ kyā kyā baab īzād hue Jo qātil the maqtūl hue jo said the ab sayyād hue Pahle bhī ḳhizāñ meñ baaġh ujḌe par ...

Ab jo koī pūchhe bhī to us se kyā sharh-e-hālāt kareñ Dil Thahre to dard sunā.eñ dard thame to baat kareñ Shaam huī phir josh-e-qadah ne ...

''Aap kī yaad aatī rahī raat bhar'' Chāñdnī dil dukhātī rahī raat bhar Gaah jaltī huī gaah bujhtī huī Sham-e-ġham Jhilmilātī rahī raat bhar ...

Aaj yuuñ mauj-dar-mauj ġham tham gayā is tarah Gam-zadoñ ko qarār aa gayā Jaise ḳhush-bū-e-zulf-e-bahār aa ga.ī jaise paiġhām-e-dīdār-e-yār aa gayā ...

Aa.e kuchh abr kuchh Sharāb aa.e Is ke ba.ad aa.e jo Azaab aa.e Bām-e-mīnā se Māhtāb utre Dast-e-sāqī meñ Aftāb aa.e Har ...