bas aur kya kahun is silsila mein tauba hai
mujhe jo pahuncha hai dukh doston se pahuncha hai

mere wajud se hairat mein hai mufassir-e-aql
wo raaz hun jo na mastur hai na ifsha hai

mujhe hayat se hai is liye bhi dilchaspi
ye ek din ka nahin umr-bhar ka sauda hai

wo tere lutf-e-tabassum ki naghmagi ai dost
ki jaise qaus-e-quzah par sitar bajta hai

ye zindagani ibarat khalish se hai yani
khalish jo hai to chaman hai nahin to sahra hai

hain teri ishwa-gari ke ye mukhtalif pahlu
kalisa kya hai haram kya hai but-kada kya hai

'nazir' qissa-e-zakhm-e-nihan kahun kis se
ye dastan-e-alam sakht ruh-farsa hai