ek aalam-e-hairat hai fana hai na baqa hai
hairat bhi ye hairat hai ki kya jaaniye kya hai

sau bar jala hai to ye sau bar bana hai
hum sokhta-jaanon ka nasheman bhi bala hai

honton pe tabassum hai ki ek barq-e-bala hai
aankhon ka ishaara hai ki sailab-e-fana hai

sunta hun bade ghaur se afsana-e-hasti
kuchh khwab hai kuchh asl hai kuchh tarz-e-ada hai

hai tere tasawwur se yahan nur ki barish
ye jaan-e-hazin hai ki shabistan-e-hira hai