جنہیں میں ڈھونڈھتا تھا آسمانوں میں زمینوں میں

Jinhen main dhoondhta tha aasmanon mein zameenon mein

Vo nikle mere zulmat-khaana-e-dil ke makeenon mein

Haqeeqat apni aankhon par numaayaan jab hui apni

Makaan nikla humare khaana-e-dil ke makeenon mein

Agar kuch aashna hota mazaaq-e-jabha-sai se

To sang-e-aastaan-e-ka'ba jaa milta jabeenon mein

Kabhi apna bhi nazara kiya hai tu ne ai Majnoon

Ki Laila ki tarah tu khud bhi hai mahmil-nasheenon mein

Mahine wasl ke ghadiyon ki soorat udte jaate hain

Magar ghadiyan judai ki guzarti hain maheenon mein

Mujhe rokega tu ai naakhuda kya ghark hone se

Ki jin ko doobna ho doob jaate hain safeenon mein

Chhupaya husn ko apne Kaleem-ullah se jis ne

Wahi naaz-aafreen hai jalwa-paara naazneenon mein

Jala sakti hai sham'-e-kushta ko mauj-e-nafs un ki

Ilahi kya chhupa hota hai ahl-e-dil ke seenon mein

Tamanna dard-e-dil ki ho to kar khidmat faqiron ki

Nahin milta ye gauhar badshahon ke khazino mein

Na pooch un khirqa-poshon ki iraadat ho to dekh un ko

Yad-e-baiza liye baithe hain apni aasteenon mein

Tarsati hai nigah-e-na-rasa jis ke nazare ko

Vo raunak anjuman ki hai unhi khalwat-gazeeron mein

Kisi aise sharar se phoonk apne khirman-e-dil ko

Ki khurshid-e-qayamat bhi ho tere khosha-cheenon mein

Mohabbat ke liye dil dhoond koi tootne wala

Ye vo may hai jise rakhte hain naazuk aabgeenon mein

Sarapa husn ban jaata hai jis ke husn ka 'aashiq'

Bhala ai dil haseen aisa bhi hai koi haseenon mein

Fadak uthta koi teri adaaye ma-'arfana par

Tera rutba raha badh-chadh ke sab naaz-aafreenon mein

Numaayaan ho ke dikhla de kabhi un ko jamaal apna

Bahut muddat se charche hain tere bareek-beenon mein

Khamosh ai dil bhari mehfil mein chillana nahin achha

Adab pehla qarina hai mohabbat ke qarino mein

Bura samjhun unhen mujh se to aisa ho nahin sakta

Ki main khud bhi to hoon 'Iqbal' apne nukta-cheenon mein