bakht kya jaane bhala ya ki bura hota hai
kaif-o-gham zarf ke laeq hi ata hota hai

ye wo bazar-e-kashakash hai jahan par insan
hasb-e-taufiq kharidar-e-haya hota hai

muddaton rahta hai jab aadmi zahmat-ba-kanar
raaz-e-sar-basta mahakat ka wa hota hai

dil hai dozakh mein kuchh is tarah tabassum-bar-lab
jaise kanton mein koi phul khila hota hai

be-talab roz ata karta hai kanton ko lahu
kitna isar-pasand aabla-pa hota hai

sab ko pairahan-e-gul ki hai tamanna lekin
har nafas aish ka paigham-e-qaza hota hai

aatish-e-batn mein gal jate hain khud-kaam shuyukh
sahab-e-dard parastar-e-khuda hota hai

teri rahmat se hai mahfuz anishshar banda
warna insan to taswir-e-khata hota hai

pahlu-e-zarra mein pinhan hai jahan-e-mani
resha-e-sang mein aaina-sara hota hai

ain ghurbat mein nikharta hai khudi ka jauhar
nakhl-e-ausaf lahu pi ke hara hota hai

sabr ki shakh mein lagta hai wo mitha mewa
sab se duniya mein alag jis ka maza hota hai

hum faqiron ko sahaare ki zarurat kya hai
be sahaaron ka sahaara to khuda hota hai

tera har sher hai 'bebak' amal ki dawat
ya koi musi-e-imran ka asa hota hai