zahmat kabhī kabhī to mashaqqat kabhī kabhī

lagtī hai zindagī bhī musībat kabhī kabhī

pahlū meñ jāgtī hai mohabbat kabhī kabhī

aatī hai haath dard kī daulat kabhī kabhī

ab tak tire baġhair maiñ zinda huuñ kis tarah

hotī hai apne aap par hairat kabhī kabhī

ik pal kā jo visāl thā un māh-o-sāl meñ

detā hai hijr meñ bhī rifāqat kabhī kabhī

chheḌe vafā kā giit koī naġhma-sāz jab

ḳhud se bhī hone lagtī hai vahshat kabhī kabhī

ik raat hijr kī hai musalsal hamāre saath

tum par guzartī hogī qayāmat kabhī kabhī

sulgī hai terī yaad meñ ye ruuh raat din

dene lagī hai lau ye rifāqat kabhī kabhī

duniyā ke vāste jo bahut be-shu.ūr thā

us se milī hai ishq ko vaq.at kabhī kabhī

mujh ko tirī jafā kā to shikva nahīñ magar

aatī hai yuuñ hī lab pe shikāyat kabhī kabhī

maiñ dard se najāt kī tālib nahīñ magar

'shāhīn' kam ho thoḌī sī shiddat kabhī kabhī