aah-e-bimar kargar na hui
charkh kanpa magar sahar na hui

subh-e-mahshar hui shab-e-tarik
surat-e-yar jalwa-gar na hui

shab-e-ummid kat gai lekin
zindagi apni mukhtasar na hui

dur se aaj un ko dekh liya
dil ko taskin hui magar na hui

aankhon aankhon mein le liya wada
kanon-kan ek ko khabar na hui

uf ri chashm-e-itab uf re jalal
barq-e-sozan hui nazar na hui

fikr-e-anjam-o-hasrat-e-aghaz
do-ghadi chain se basar na hui

khulne wala nahin dar-e-tauba
fikr-e-anjam waqt par na hui

aisa rona bhi koi rona hai
aastin aansuon se tar na hui

hat ke baalin se log rote hain
jaise bimar ko khabar na hui

lut gaya sara karwan adam
ek ko ek ki khabar na hui

nim-jaan chhod kar chala qatil
nigah-e-'yas' kargar na hui