jahan jahan hai sahar ka aalam wahin wahin raushni nahin hai
hazar shamen huin hain raushan magar kahin raushni nahin hai

na mujh ko bahkao in ujalon ki mehr-afroz rangton se
fareb hai ye kisi kiran ka nahin nahin raushni nahin hai

hamara zauq-e-nigah ab tak hai gumrahi ki naqab odhe
ajab tamasha hai tere jalwon mein mah-jabin raushni nahin hai

jahan pe suraj chamak raha hai wahin pe zulmat baras rahi hai
main kyun na zulmat se pyar kar lun ki dil-nashin raushni nahin hai

nae ujale udas ruhen nae sawere bujhe hue hain
ye ek dhoka hai raushni ka dil-e-hazin raushni nahin hai

charagh-e-khufta charagh-e-raushan se jagmagata raha hamesha
maqam-e-hasti ke in andheron pe khashmagin raushni nahin hai

badhe hain manzil ki samt hum bhi shua-e-'bakht'-e-jamil le kar
hamein taraddud nahin hai koi agar kahin raushni nahin hai