duniya-e-be-libas hai is intizar mein
dekhe hamein bhi pairahan-e-tar-tar mein

lata hai kaun shor-e-nafas ko shumar mein
sab ji rahe hain aalam-e-na-paedar mein

bhatke tamam umr to ye munkashif hua
hum harf-e-raegan the khat-e-intishaar mein

aankhen na thin to wo bhi nazar se utar gae
kya kya hasin khwab the is jalwa-zar mein

suraj ne din tamam kiya thak ke so gaya
main ghumta raha magar apne madar mein

wahm-o-guman ki tez hawaen hain mushtail
raushan hai ek charagh dar-e-eatibar mein

kate the us ne shaghl-e-samaat mein raat-din
kya tha hamare tazkira-e-kam-ayar mein

jaen kidhar ki rah koi sujhti nahin
raste mein sab ate hue gard-o-ghubar mein

muddat hui main nind se jaga nahin 'ziya'
kis ne mujhe uchhaal diya tera ghaar mein