har manzar-e-hasti par kahti hai khirad kya hai
dekha hai jo sach hai bhi ya khwab-e-tamanna hai

aabaad tera kucha ushshaq se hai tere
allah rakhe tujh ko tu hai to tamasha hai

kya haal kiya tu ne apna gham-e-jaanan mein
wahshat si barasti hai kis soch mein duba hai

aazad parindon ki manind junun mera
ya dasht mein aawara ya wusat-e-sahra hai

ye aql se duri hai ai himmat-e-mardana
tuti hui talwaren ab jin pe bharosa hai

ek umr ka yarana socho to ‘sharif-ahmad’
mitti mein daba aana rasm-o-rah-e-duniya hai