malka-e-sahr-e-zindagī terā

shukr kis taur se adā kiije

jo tire husn ke faqīr hue

un ko tashvīsh-e-rozgār kahāñ?

jaam chhalkā to jam ga.ī mahfil

minnat-e-lutf-e-ġham-gusār kise?

ḳhush-nashīñ haiñ ki chashm o dil kī murād

dair meñ hai na ḳhānqāh meñ hai

kaun aisā ġhanī hai jis se koī

naqd-e-shams-o-qamar kī baat kare