ishq tasir se naumed nahi
jan supari shajr-e-bed nahi

sultnat dast-ba-dast ai hai
jam-e-mai khatam-e-jamshed nahi

hai tajalli teri samne wajud
jara be partawe khurshid nahi

raz-e-mashuq na ruswa ho jaye
warna mar jane mein kuch bhed nahi

gardish-e-rang-e-tarab se dar hai
gam-e-mahrumi-e-jawed nahi

kahte hain jite hain ummid pe log
ham ko jine ki bhi ummid nahi