bisat-e-danish-o-harf-o-hunar kahan kholen
ye sochte hain lab-e-mo'tabar kahan kholen

ajab hisar hain sab apne gird khinche hue
wajud ki wahi diwar dar kahan kholin

padaw dalen kahan raste mein sham hui
bhanwar hain samne rakht-e-safar kahan kholen

yahan shuur ke nakhun to hum bhi rakhte hain
magar ye uqda-e-fikr-o-nazar kahan kholen

na is ke sath hamara bhi mol hone lage
hain kashmakash mein ki musht-e-guhar kahan kholen

hawa hai tez na is ke waraq uda le jae
sahifa-e-nafas-e-mukhtasar kahan kholen

bachaen aabru jismon ki bhid mein kaise
hai kholni girah-e-jaan magar kahan kholen

koi 'faza' to mile hum ko qabil-e-parwaz
ab in hadon mein bhala baal-o-par kahan kholen