dil jo zer-e-ghubar aksar tha
kuchh mizaj in dinon mukaddar tha

is pe takiya kiya to tha lekin
raat-din hum the aur bistar tha

sarsari tum jahan se guzre
warna har ja jahan-e-digar tha

dil ki kuchh qadar karte rahiyo tum
ye hamara bhi naz-parwar tha

baad yak umr jo hua malum
dil us aaina-ru ka patthar tha

bare sajda ada kiya tah-e-tegh
kab se ye bojh mere sar par tha

kyun na abr-e-siyah safed hawa
jab talak ahd-e-dida-e-tar tha

ab kharaba hua jahanabaad
warna har ek qadam pe yan ghar tha

be-zari ka na kar gila ghafil
rah tasalli ki yun muqaddar tha

itne munim jahan mein guzre
waqt rehlat ke kis kane zar tha

sahib-e-jah-o-shakat-o-iqbaal
ek azan jumla ab sikandar tha

thi ye sab kaenat zer-e-nagin
sath mor-o-malakh sa lashkar tha

lal-o-yaqut hum zar-o-gauhar
chahiye jis qadar mayassar tha

aakhir-e-kar jab jahan se gaya
hath khali kafan se bahar tha

aib tul-e-kalam mat kariyo
kya karun main sukhan se khugar tha

khush raha jab talak raha jita
'mir' malum hai qalandar tha