dahr meñ naqsh-e-vafā vaj.h-e-tasallī na huā

hai ye vo lafz ki sharminda-e-ma.anī na huā

sabza-e-ḳhat se tirā kākul-e-sarkash na dabā

ye zamurrad bhī harīf-e-dam-e-af.ī na huā

maiñ ne chāhā thā ki andoh-e-vafā se chhūTūñ

vo sitamgar mire marne pe bhī raazī na huā

dil guzargāh-e-ḳhayāl-e-mai-o-sāġhar hī sahī

gar nafas jāda-e-sar-manzil-e-taqvī na huā

huuñ tire va.ada na karne meñ bhī raazī ki kabhī

gosh minnat-kash-e-gulbāñg-e-tasallī na huā

kis se mahrūmī-e-qismat kī shikāyat kiije

ham ne chāhā thā ki mar jaa.eñ so vo bhī na huā

mar gayā sadma-e-yak-jumbish-e-lab se 'ġhālib'

nā-tavānī se harīf-e-dam-e-īsī na huā

na huī ham se raqam hairat-e-ḳhatt-e-ruḳh-e-yār

safha-e.ā.ina jaulāñ-gah-e-tūtī na huā

vus.at-e-rahmat-e-haq dekh ki baḳhshā jaave

mujh sā kāfir ki jo mamnūn-e-ma.āsī na huā