daulat mili jahan ki nam-o-nishan mile
sab kuchh mila hamein na magar mehrban mile

pahle bhi jaise dekh chuke hon unhen kahin
anjaan wadiyon mein kuchh aise nishan mile

badhta gaya main manzil-e-mahbub ki taraf
hail agarche rah mein sang-e-garan mile

rona pada nasib ke hathon hazar bar
ek bar muskura ke jo tum mehrban mile

hum ko khushi mili bhi to bas aarzi mili
lekin jo gham mile wo gham-e-jawedan mile

baqi rahegi hashr tak un ke karam ki yaad
mujh ko rah-e-hayat mein jo mehrban mile

phir kyun kare talash koi aur aastan
wo khush-nasib jis ko tera aastan mile

ahl-e-sitam ki dil-shikani ka sabab hua
dil ka ye hausla ki gham be-karan mile

saqi ki ek nigah se kaya palat gai
zahid jo mai-kade mein mile naujawan mile

dair-o-haram ke log bhi darman na kar sake
wo bhi asir-e-kashmakash-e-in-o-an mile

nazren talash karti rahin jin ko umr-bhar
'darshan' ko wo sukun ke lamhe kahan mile