kashakash-e-gham-e-hasti mein koi kya sunta
hamin tak aa na saki dil ke tutne ki sada

har ek phul ke chehre pe gard jamne lagi
kahin se aaj ai abr-e-bahaar jhum ke aa

chale the jis ke bharose pe rah-rawan-e-bahaar
wo mahtab sar-e-dasht pichhli shab nikla

kahin sada-e-jaras hai na gard-e-rah-e-safar
thahar gaya hai kahan qafila tamanna ka

hujum-e-lala-o-gul raste se hat jae
talash-e-khar mein nikla hai koi aabla-pa

guzar ke aaya hun un sakht manzilon se jahan
tumhaari yaad ka saya bhi aas-pas na tha

kahin se koi pukare ki aaj phir 'shahin'
dilon ko dasne laga hai dilon ka sannata