chheḌ manzūr hai kyā āshiq-e-dil-gīr ke saath

ḳhat bhī aayā kabhī to ġhair kī tahrīr ke saath

go ki iqrār ġhalat thā magar ik thī taskīn

ab to inkār hai kuchh aur hī taqrīr ke saath

pech qismat kā ho to kyā kare is meñ koī

dil ko vābastagī hai zulf-e-girah-gīr ke saath

vo bhī kahte hue kuchh duur tak aa.e pīchhe

ham jo us bazm se nikle bhī to tauqīr ke saath

ye bhī ik vasl kī sūrat thī magar rashk-e-nasīb

us kī tasvīr kabhī ġhair kī tasvīr ke saath

vāda-e-sub.h pe ab kis ko yaqīñ ho qāsid

aaj to jaan ga.ī nāla-e-shab-gīr ke saath

kaho ranjish kā sabab kuchh nahīñ merī hī suno

uzr to chāhiye karnā mujhe taqsīr ke saath

aap dete haiñ aziyyat hī shikāyat kī evaz

kuchh zabāñ se bhī to farmā.iye tāzīr ke saath

dekhiye mil hī gayā aap se vo shoḳh 'nizām'

kaam jo kuchh kare insān sau tadbīr ke saath