ai be-dilo harif-e-shab-e-tar kyun hue
kachchi agar thi nind to bedar kyun hue

sahra ko aaj kosti phirti hain aandhiyan
diwane gulistan ke taraf-dar kyun hue

sust-eatibariyon ko nahin tab-e-intizar
wade sahar ke sarf-e-shab-e-tar kyun hue

sharma gaya chaman mein tabassum bahaar ka
hum gul-farosh zakhm-e-dil-e-zar kyun hue

kya gulsitan mein thi safar-amada bu-e-gul
jhonke hawa ke qafila-salar kyun hue

ai zindagi naqab ulat kar jawab de
fan hum se puchhta hai ki fankar kyun hue