ban gain mahjuriyan aazar-e-jaan kis se kahen
hum dil-e-betab ki betabiyan kis se kahen

aah saman-e-sukun-e-zindagi mumkin nahin
ho gae dushman zamin-o-asman kis se kahen

zindagi ki bazm ahl-e-dard se khali hui
dard mein dubi hui ye dastan kis se kahen

gardishon ne lut li yaksar mata-e-zindagi
baghban ne noch phenka aashiyan kis se kahen

zindagi ka lamha lamha sad masaib dar-baghal
har ghadi hai ek daur-e-imtihan kis se kahen

gardishen nakaamiyan mahrumiyan mayusiyan
ho gai hai zindagi bar-e-garan kis se kahen

kaun dekhe husn ki paiham sitam-ijadiyan
aashiqi ki bandish-e-ah-o-fughan kis se kahen

hijr ki kaifiyyaton se hai kisi ko kya gharaz
hum yahan par muztarib hain tum wahan kis se kahen

sunne walon se hua mafqud sunne ka mazaq
gulsitan-e-ishq ki barbaadiyan kis se kahen

chappa-chappa ahl-e-dil ke waste hai khar-zar
zarra-zarra aashiqon se bad-guman kis se kahen

dil ki baaten lab par aaen bhi to sunta kaun hai
uth gae sab ham-khayal-o-ham-zaban kis se kahen

yar jab aghyar ho jaen to kya lutf-e-sukhan
mehrban ho jaen jab na-mehrban kis se kahen

dil ke arman rafta-rafta 'nami'-e-andoh-gin
ja rahe hain karwan-dar-karwan kis se kahen