diya nasib mein nahin sitara bakht mein nahin
to kya sharar bhi wajud-e-sang-e-sakht mein nahin

meri baqa ka raaz hai musafirat musafirat
so naqsh-e-pa baghair mere saz-o-rakht mein nahin

mujhe hai shahr ke gharon se sirf is qadar gila
ki bhai husn aasman-e-lakht-lakht mein nahin

mera kamal munhasir hai mere ikhtisar par
meri numu ka shaiba kisi darakht mein nahin

faqir-e-shahr bhi raha hun 'shahryar' bhi magar
jo itminan faqr mein hai taj-o-takht mein nahin