falak pe chand nahin koi abr-para nahin
ye kaisi raat hai jis mein koi sitara nahin

ye inkishaf sitaron se bhar gaya daman
kisi ne itna kaha jab ki wo hamara nahin

zamin bhanwar ho jahan aasman samundar ho
wahan safar kisi sahil ka istiara nahin

main mukhtalif hun zamane se is liye shayad
kisi khayal ki gardish mujhe gawara nahin

khizan ke mausam-e-khamosh ne sada di hai
jamal-e-dost ne phir bhi mujhe pukara nahin

jo reza reza nahin dil use nahin kahte
kahen na aaina us ko jo para-para nahin

main zakhm zakhm sahi phir bhi muskuraya hun
'zafar' ba-nam-e-zafar haar ke bhi haara nahin