aisi hoti hain baz taqdiren
bahte pani pe jaise tahriren

ret ke ek gharaunde jaisi hain
aadmi ki jahan mein tadbiren

hum ne to sirf khwab dekhe the
bas mein apne kahan thin ta'biren

qasr-e-zar mein saji huin dekhin
muflison be-gharon ki taswiren

meri qismat mein zulmaten sari
us ki mutthi mein sari tanwiren

ji mein aata hai tod hi dalun
sari hosh-o-khirad ki zanjiren

yaad ke tar tar canwas par
ab bhi baqi hain chand taswiren

baat 'sajjad' saf kahta hai
aap jo chahen kar len tafsiren