safar-e-zindagi nahin aasan
har taraf rah mein hain sang-e-giran

dur ho jaen dukh zamane ke
sahab-e-dard ho agar insan

sochna pad gaya zamane ko
mit ke bhi hum na jab hue arzan

tu ise tanz kyun samajhta hai
main to haalat kar raha hun bayan

ji raha hun kuchh is tarah jaise
aag lag jae aur ho na dhuan

tu meri baat ka jawab na de
main samajhta hun khamushi ki zaban

nukta-chini hasad dil-azari
aur kya hai mata-e-be-hunaran

mujh ko us ko talash hai 'rifat'
jo mere dil mein hai kahin pinhan