jalwa-gar aaj hai wo mehr-e-munawwar ki tarah
bakht apna bhi chamakta hai sikandar ki tarah

us ki raftar hai bas mauja-e-kausar ki tarah
guftugu mein hai khanak shisha-o-saghar ki tarah

kis ko yara-e-sukhan hai use hum bhi dekhen
wo mukhatab hai magar dawar-e-mahshar ki tarah

kya khabar log kise apna khuda kah denge
lakh but hum ne tarashe to hain aazar ki tarah

kis pe is daur-e-pur-ashob mein takiya kije
rahzan bhi to nazar aate hain rahbar ki tarah

manzil-e-faqr-o-ghina kya hai ye hum se puchho
zindagi hum ne guzari hai qalandar ki tarah

kitne tufan hain pinhan koi dekhe to 'habab'
maujzan hai dil-e-shair bhi samundar ki tarah