har shakhs is hujum mein tanha dikhai de
duniya bhi ek ajib tamasha dikhai de

ek umr qat-e-wadi-e-shab mein guzar gai
ab to kahin sahar ka ujala dikhai de

ai mauja-e-sarab-e-tamanna sitam na kar
sahra hi samne hai to sahra dikhai de

main bhi chala to pyas bujhane ko tha magar
sahil ko dekhta hun ki pyasa dikhai de

alfaz khatm hon to mile rishta-e-khayal
ye gard baith jae to rasta dikhai de

kaun apna aks dekh ke hairan palat gaya
chehra ye mauj mauj mein kis ka dikhai de

tu munkir-e-wafa hai tujhe kya dikhaun dil
gham shoala-e-nihan hai bhala kya dikhai de

har shab dar-e-khayal pe thahre wo ek chap
har shab fasil-e-dil pe wo chehra dikhai de

lab-bastagi se aur khile ghuncha-e-sada
wo chup rahe to aur bhi goya dikhai de

'aslam' gharib-e-shahr-e-sukhan hai kabhi milen
kahte hain aadmi to bhala sa dikhai de