kabhī tum ne bhī ye sochā ki ham fariyād kyā karte

tumhārā dil dukhā kar apne dil ko shaad kyā karte

mirī barbādiyoñ par hañsne vaalo ye to samjhā do

jo mil jaatā tumhīñ ko ye dil-e-barbād kyā karte

nigāh-e-yās meñ jab nāla-e-ḳhāmosh pinhāñ hai

to phir hoñThoñ ko ham sharminda-e-faryād kyā karte

dam-e-āḳhir bhī ai dil ḳhud-farebī hichkiyāñ kaisī

jo dānista bhulā baiThe vo tujh ko yaad kyā karte

mujhe dekhā to har ik ne unheñ jallād Thahrāyā

unheñ dekhā to bole ye bhalā bedād kyā karte

zamāna jāntā hai hazrat-e-'naḳhshab' kī ḳhud-dārī

ḳhilāf-e-aql hai vo ārzū-e-dād kyā karte