jo bujh chuke hain wo lamhe ujalta kyon hai
mere badan pe kharashen bhi dalta kyon hai

main mo'tariz to nahin hun magar ye samjha de
jo marna hai to duniya ko palta kyon hai

tujhe talash hai jis ki wo teri zat mein hai
ye koh-o-ban ye samundar khangalta kyon hai

nahin hai wo tera koi to phir zarurat kya
tu us ke husn ko sheron mein dhaalta kyon hai

agar nahin hun main manind-e-mehr-o-mah to mujhe
zamin se koi falak par uchhaalta kyon hai

shikast-o-marg mein jab tarz-e-asman hai to phir
tu apne tute hue par sambhaalta kyon hai

na main rasul na hadi na peshwa na imam
mujhe tu mere watan se nikalta kyon hai