chehre se numayan hai ek ek ada gham ki
insan jise kahte hain taswir hai matam ki

kyon hum ko daraate ho aashob-e-jahannum se
duniya bhi to aakhir hai ek shakl jahannum ki

majburi-o-mazuri mahrumi-o-nakaami
aakhir koi had bhi hai is silsila-e-gham ki

har aan muqabil hai ye mahr-e-darakhshan ke
jurat to koi dekhe ek qatra-e-shabnam ki

jannat se nikal kar phir jannat na mili us ko
kya kya abhi likkha hai taqdir mein aadam ki

darkar hai geti ko phir taza lahu shayad
surkhi yahi kahti hai afsana-e-alam ki

girdab mein ai 'jauhar' ye kis ka safina hai
maujon ke talatum mein aawaz hai matam ki