dostī us kī dushmanī hī sahī
dost to ho vo mudda.ī hī sahī
mastī-o-bahs-e-uzr-e-kaffāra
tauba se tauba ham ne kī hī sahī
hai agar kuchh vafā to kyā kahne
kuchh nahīñ hai to dil lagī hī sahī
jī hai ye bin lage nahīñ rahtā
kuchh to ho shaġhl-e-āshiqī hī sahī
mohtasib ḳhatm kījiye hujjat
pī hai to ḳhair ham ne pī hī sahī
haif ḳhamyāz-hā-e-hasrat-o-shauq
zindagānī kashākashī hī sahī
jaan de kar liyā hai nām-e-vafā
maut bhī ham ne mol lī hī sahī
milte haiñ mudda.ī se milne do
ki mirī nā-ḳhushī ḳhushī hī sahī
bosa dene kī chiiz hai āḳhir
na sahī har ghaḌī kabhī hī sahī
qatl hote haiñ qatl hote haiñ
ahd-e-dil daur-e-nādarī hī sahī
ai ‘qalaq’ nāsehoñ se kyā takrār
maan ik baat maan lī hī sahī