ek fasana hai khwab hai duniya
sar-ba-sar ek sarab hai duniya

hadson ka nisab hai duniya
zindagi ki kitab hai duniya

is ko tashbih den to den kis se
khud hi apna jawab hai duniya

faisla umr bhar nahin hota
khub hai ya kharab hai duniya

hai ye ishrat-kada kisi ke liye
aur kisi ko azab hai duniya

chain insan ko nahin pal bhar
aalam-e-iztirab hai duniya

jis ki hoti nahin koi tabir
wo suhana sa khwab hai duniya

is ka jo gham hai la-jawab hai 'shaz'
wo gham-e-be-hisab hai duniya