insan ba-yak nigah bura bhi bhala bhi hai
yani wo musht-e-khak to hai kimiya bhi hai

ai gham-nasib kis se hai mumkin tera ilaj
ai bad-nasib tere maraz ki dawa bhi hai

kyun kar kahen ki jis ko khudai na thi qubul
wo be-niyaz aap ke dar ka gada bhi hai

tere wajud se bhala inkar ho kise
ai tu ki zarre zarre mein jalwa-numa bhi hai

banda-nawaziyon pe na itraiye bahut
banda-nawaz aap se badh kar khuda bhi hai

shoala se dur rahiye ki shair sahi magar
ziddi hai bewaquf hai dil ka bura bhi hai