har aan nai shan hai har lamha naya hai
aaina-e-ayyam hai ya teri ada hai

rahbar jise hairat se khada dekh raha hai
wo rahraw-e-gum-gashta ka naqsh-e-kaf-e-pa hai

nalon ne ye bulbul ke bada kaam kiya hai
ab aatish-e-gul hi se chaman jalne laga hai

ai jaan-e-wafa dil ke ewaz dard liya hai
kuchh soch samajh kar hi to ye kaam kiya hai

pahron pas-e-diwar khada tha so khada hai
diwana hai paband-e-rah-e-rasm-o-wafa hai

tanhai mein mahsus hua hai mujhe aksar
jaise mere andar se koi bol raha hai

tari hai sukut aaj samundar ki faza par
gahrai mein shayad koi tufan utha hai

karta tha jo khamoshi ki talqin hamesha
ham-saya mera khwab mein wo chikh raha hai

zindan ke darichon se hai phir shauq ne jhanka
shayad ki junun-khez gulistan ki hawa hai

ye gardish-e-ayyam ka ehsan hai 'tarzi'
ab zakhm-e-kuhan apna hara hone laga hai