ga.ī  chhāñv  us  teġh  kī  sar  se  jab  kī
jale  dhuup  meñ  yaañ  talak  ham  ki  tab  kī
paḌī  ḳhirman-e-gul  pe  bijlī  sī  āḳhir
mire  ḳhush-nigah  kī  nigāh  ik  ġhazab  kī
koī  baat  nikle  hai  dushvār  muñh  se
Tak  ik  to  bhī  to  sun  kisī  jāñ-ba-lab  kī
tū  shamla  jo  rakhtā  hai  ḳhar  hai  vagarna
zarūrat  hai  kyā  shaiḳh  dam  ik  vajab  kī
yakāyak  bhī  aa  sar  pe  vāmāñdgāñ  ke
bahut  dekhte  haiñ  tirī  raah  kab  kī
dimāġh-o-jigar  dil  muḳhālif  hue  haiñ
huī  muttafiq  ab  idhar  raa.e  sab  kī
tujhe  kyūñke  DhūñDūñ  ki  sote  hī  guzrī
tirī  raah  meñ  apne  piye  talab  kī
dil  arsh  se  guzre  hai  zo.af  meñ  bhī
ye  zor-āvarī  dekho  zārī-e-shab  kī
ajab  kuchh  hai  gar  'mīr'  aave  mayassar
gulābī  sharāb  aur  ġhazal  apne  Dhab  kī