jab ki insan ki taqdir bigad jati hai
jo banata hai wo tadbir bigad jati hai

khat likhun un ko to tahrir bigad jati hai
kuchh kahun munh se to taqrir bigad jati hai

dekh kar mujh ko bal aata hai teri abru mein
sakht jaan wo hun ki shamshir bigad jati hai

sifat-e-ghair mujhi se hai inhin baaton par
meri teri but-e-be-pir bigad jati hai

bad-mizaji ki ye surat hai ki mani se bhi
khinchte khinchte teri taswir bigad jati hai

jab se us zulf-e-pareshan ka hai sauda sar mein
meri har khwab ki tabir bigad jati hai

meri taqdir hai barham to ba-waqt-e-fariyaad
nala-e-ah ki tasir bigad jati hai

hath rakhta hun jo main sar pe qasam khane ko
aap ki zulf-e-girah-gir bigad jati hai

wasl ka kar ke wo iqrar mukar jate hain
hae ban ban ke ye taqdir bigad jati hai

kya hua wo jo na dawat mein bhi aae 'sabir'
ye to tadbir hai taqdir bigad jati hai