ishq men gul ke jo naalaan bulbul e gamnaak hai
— Hasrat Azimabadi
'ishq men gul ke jo naalaan bulbul-e-ghamnaak hai
Gul bhee us ke gham men dekho kya garebaan-chaak hai
Daagh-bar-daagh ashk-bar-ashk apnee chashm o dil men hain
Kya balaa gul-khez ai yaaro ye musht-e-khaak hai
Ai khizar jaaon kahaan main koocha-e-mai-khaana chhoD
Khush-dilee kaa maulid o manshaa ye khaak-e-paak hai
Gharq-sar-taa-paa hoon bahr-e-be-karaan-e-khoon men main
Aashnaa poochhe hai to ye chashm kyuun namnaak hai
Sarv kee nisbat se us qadd-e-balaa baalaa ko kya
Khushk chob-e-paa bigul ye wo qad-e-chaalaak hai
Haa.e kin aankhon se dekhoon us rukh-e-raushan pe khat
Chashma-e-khursheed men ye kya khas-o-khaashaak hai
Kaafir o momin ko riqqat gham men hai 'hasrat' ke haa.e
Kuch khuda kaa Dar bhee tujh ko ai but-e-bebaak hai