dar-e-mai-kada hai khula hua sar-e-charkh aaj ghata bhi hai
chale daur-e-saqi-e-dilruba ki chaman mein raqs-e-saba bhi hai

gham-e-zindagi sahi jaan-gusil magar is se koi bacha bhi hai
yahi gham hai raaz-e-nashat-e-dil yahi zindagi ka maza bhi hai

yahi zakhm-e-dil jo nasib hai yahi soz-e-dil ka naqib hai
ye mere khulus ka rang hai kisi naznin ki ata bhi hai

hai meri nigah mein sirf tu kisi aur ki nahin justuju
tere iltifat ki aarzu teri be-rukhi ka gila bhi hai

mujhe kya udaenge baal-o-par ki qafas mein umr hui basar
main riha hua bhi kabhi agar to rihai meri saza bhi hai

meri dastan bhi ajib hai ye kisi kisi ka nasib hai
kahin zikr-e-baad-e-sumum hai kahin zikr-e-mauj-e-saba bhi hai

na tu uzw-e-jah pe fakhr kar ki ye zindagi to hai ek safar
tujhe kya khabar are be-khabar dabe panw pichhe qaza bhi hai

jo bahaar fasl-e-shabab thi wo misal-e-abr guzar gai
nahin zindagi mein koi khushi ki khilaf mere hawa bhi hai

wo ba-zoam-e-husn hain khud-nigar to mujhe bhi naz hai ishq par
main niyaz-mand sahi magar mujhe 'soz' pas-e-ana bhi hai