waqt ki baat hai har ghuncha-e-sar-basta magar
waqt kya chiz hai paimana-e-be-sakhta hai

ye shab-o-roz jawani ye mah-o-sal rawan
ruh kyun jism ke aage siper-andakhta hai

shakh dar shakh nazar aati hai jine ki umang
chor ki tarah sarakti hai ragon mein koi aag

sochne ke liye shayad ye mah-o-sal nahin
ai mere dida-e-be-khwab mohabbat se na bhag

husn ki aag ghanimat hai ki is se pahle
rag-e-ayyam thi ek ju-e-fasurda sar-e-sham

sab isi aag ka indhan hain guzarne wale
ek hi larzish-e-sad-rang ka partaw hai tamam