har ek chiz hai fani faqat hayat nahin
ba-juz khuda ke kisi ko yahan sabaat nahin

hayat nam hi tabdiliyon ka hai jaanan
badal gae ho jo tum bhi to koi baat nahin

karam hai ye mere do ek khas yaron ka
tabahiyon mein meri dushmanon ka hath nahin

ki jaise dil nahin sine mein dukh dhadakta hai
jahan bhi jaun alam se kahin najat nahin

ghazab ka silsila thamne hi mein nahin aata
zara sa pyar hi manga tha kaenat nahin

main zakhm zakhm sahi hausla to qaem hai
shikasta-haal to hun par ye meri mat nahin

chali gai ho jo tum bhi to kya gila tum se
yahan to yun hai ki main khud bhi apne sath nahin

sahar bhi ghar mere 'shahzad' tirgi lai
qusur-war meri jaan sirf raat nahin