ajab tarah ka shab-e-hijr inqalab raha
kabhi sukun kabhi dil ko iztirab raha

jawab jin ka na tha un mein la-jawab raha
kisi ka husn hazaron mein intikhab raha

kiya na ahl-e-maasi ka samna dam-e-hashr
khuda ke fazl se koson alag itab raha

umid did ki niklegi kis tarah dam-e-hashr
agar wahan bhi wo jalwa tah-e-naqab raha

muhaal hoga zamane ko ek dam bhi sukun
agar yunhi dil-e-muztar ka iztirab raha

maqam-e-rahat-o-aram go the dair-o-haram
kisi jagah na dil-e-khanuman-kharab raha

shumar ho na saka hashr mein ye khub hua
hamara nama-e-amal be-hisab raha

nigah lutf-o-inayat se aashna na hui
kisi pe qahr kisi par tera itab raha

sawal radd hue 'masud' sab muqaddar se
nahin nahin meri har baat ka jawab raha