har bulandi se guzar jaana tha
kaam mushkil sahi kar jaana tha

mauj-dar-mauj sanwarne ke liye
gham ke dariya mein utar jaana tha

kab talak kashmakash-e-maut-o-hayat
ya to jina tha ya mar jaana tha

ishq paband-e-gulistan kyon ho
bu-e-gul ban ke bikhar jaana tha

kaun se mod pe aa pahuncha hun
bhul baitha hun kidhar jaana tha

panw be-jaan the aankhen be-nur
dur manzil thi magar jaana tha

wo bhi nazron se gira hai 'jauhar'
jis ko mearaj-e-nazar jaana tha