badi dil-shikan hai rah-e-safar koi ham-safar hai na yar hai
ki jawan-asar hai tamam shai na sukun hai na qarar hai

zara tez-gam badhe chalo hai faza-e-sahra musafiro
jahan aankh dil ki jhapak gai wahin zindagi ka mazar hai

na rumuz-e-ishq se ba-khabar na mizaj-e-husn se aagahi
ye mazaq-e-ramish-o-rang bhi rah-e-rasti se farar hai

na kisi mein husn-e-haya raha na kisi mein bu-e-wafa rahi
abhi dosh-e-aql pe sar-basar koi dew-e-makr sawar hai

hai zamir-e-zinda ke waste to bisat-e-gul bhi tabah-kun
mere ham-jalis khabar bhi hai yahi aastin ka mar hai

teri be-panah nawazishen teri be-hisab inayaten
meri rusiyahi-e-gunagun ka hisab hai na shumar hai

teri rahmaton se hai dur kab meri chaara-sazi-e-be-kasi
kisi gham-nasib ki dahr mein ye sada se khas pukar hai

na kisi se adl ki baat kar na kisi se khair ki rakh talab
ki mata-e-nur-e-sahar yahan shab-e-tira-e-tar pe nisar hai

teri pand khair-asar nahin teri bandagi bhi ghalat-nigar
tera fikr naseh-e-mohtaram abhi muflisi ka shikar hai