'vali' saani nahin daaud lekin — Mirza Daood Beg

dekhnaa hai piyaa ki zulf-e-daraaz
yaa ilaahi mujhe de umr-e-daraaz

har kitaab-e-sohbat-e-rangin ke maani dekh kar
fard-e-tanhaai ke mazmun kuun kiyaa huun intikhaab

yak qadam raah-e-dost hai 'daaud'
lekin afsos paa-e-bakht hai lang

piv binaa dil miraa udaasi hai
gaah jogi hai gaah sanyaasi hai

sun nasihat miri ai zaahid-e-khushk
ashk ke aab bin vuzu mat kar

sar kaaT kyuun jalaate hain raushan dilaan ke taiin
aahan-dili pe khalq ki khandaan huun misl-e-shama