kakul ki tarah bakht bhi bal khae hue hai
kyun aaj muqaddar mujhe uljhae hue hai

zanjir-e-mehan panw mein pahnae hue hai
ya jalwa-e-jaanan mujhe bahlae hue hai

le jae mujhe su-e-chaman ab na bahaaran
dil qismat-e-zindan ki qasam khae hue hai

main band qafas mein hun magar fikr-e-nasheman
sine mein jigar dard se barmae hue hai

suljhegi na mashshatagi-e-aql-o-khirad se
wo zulf-e-junun jis ko ki uljhae hue hai

us ko bhi to mil jae zara husn ka sadqa
daman talab-e-dar pe jo phailae hue hai

ai 'nur' mujhe kuchh to bharosa hai zaban par
kuchh bakht-e-saadat mujhe garmae hue hai