dastan-e-hijr kya hai khun-chakan tere baghair
ek pal hai sau baras ai jaan-e-jaan tere baghair

kya sunaun haal-e-dil ai mahw-e-khwab-e-izz-o-naz
ho chuki hai zindagi waqf-e-fughan tere baghair

didani hai husn-e-fitrat par hamare waste
ye bahaar-e-ruh-parwar hai khizan tere baghair

hai shumar-e-amad-o-raft-e-nafas ka mashghala
ban gai hai zindagi ek chistan tere baghair

tujh se kya chhute ki hum sare jahan se chhut gae
ho gae hain yusuf-e-be-karwan tere baghair

ye shab-e-furqat to kate se bhi katne ko nahin
ruk gai ho jaise ye umr-e-rawan tere baghair

khauf lagta hai mujhe lillah tu bhi sath chal
mil raha hai khak mein ek naujawan tere baghair

aa ki duniya muntazir hai kab se istiqbaal ko
har zaban par al-aman hai ai aman tere baghair

misl-e-tuti kal chahakta tha wo bazm-e-naz mein
aaj gum hai 'mazhar'-e-shirin-zaban tere baghair