dosto kya kya divali men nashat-o-aish hai
sab muhayya hai jo is hangam ke shayan hai shai
is tarah hain kucha-o-bazar par naqsh-o-nigar
ho ayaan husn-e-nigarisatan ki jin se khuub re
garm-joshi apne ba-jam-e-charaghan lutf se
kya hi raushan kar rahi hai har taraf roghan ki mai
mail-e-sair-e-charaghan khalq har ja dam-ba-dam
hasil-e-nazzara husn-e-shama-ru yaan pai-ba-pai
ashiqan kahte hain mashuqon se ba-ijz-o-niyaz
hai agar manzur kuchh lena to hazir hain rupae
gar mukarrar arz karte hain to kahte hain vo shokh
ham se lete ho miyan takrar-e-hujjat ta-ba-kai
kahte hain ahl-e-qimar aapas men garm-e-ikhtilat
ham to dab men sau ruupe rakhte hain tum rakhte ho ke
jiit ka padta hai jis ka daanv vo kahta huun main
su-e-dast-e-rast hai mere koi farkhanda-pai
hai dasahre men bhi yuun gar farhat-o-zinat ‘nazir’
par divali bhi ajab pakiza-tar tyauhar hai