band hain dil ke dariche raushni madum hai
ab jo apna hashr hona hai hamein malum hai

hasb-e-nairang-e-jahan dil shad ya maghmum hai
aadmi jazbaat ka hakim nahin mahkum hai

ab takalluf bartaraf ye aap ko malum hai
kyun mera khwab-e-wafa tabir se mahrum hai

husn khud tadpa kiya hai mujh ko tadpane ke baad
sochna padta hai wo zalim hai ya mazlum hai

khwab aakhir khwab hai is khwab ka kya e'tibar
jannat-e-nazzara goya jannat-e-mauhum hai

hae ye tarfa maal-e-arzu-e-subh-e-nau
jis taraf nazren uthata hun faza masmum hai

mere kirdar-e-wafa ki aaina-dari ba-khair
kyun zaban-e-dost par al-shaz-o-kal-madum hai

dekhne ki chiz hai ye sehr-e-andaz-e-nazar
un ka har mubham ishaara hamil-e-mafhum hai

khar bhi na-mutmain hain phul bhi na-mutmain
baghban ke is nizam-e-gulistan ki dhum hai

ab use mahaul jis qalib mein chahe dhaal de
fitratan to aadmi ek paikar-e-mafhum hai

jo bhari mahfil mein nazron ki hui hai guftugu
husn ko malum hai ya ishq ko malum hai

kitni kaif-awar hai in ki shirkat-e-gham bhi 'uruj'
matam-e-dil ki jagah jashn-e-dil-e-marhum hai