kitab-e-zindagi ka har warq kahne ko sada hai
magar jo kuchh bhi likkha hai huruf-e-khun mein likha hai

ye sari shan-o-shaukat kuchh nahin nazron ka dhoka hai
asasa aashiyane ka jise kahte ho tinka hai

lahu de kar jo sincha tha gulistan-e-wafa hum ne
gulon ke jism se wo rang ban kar phut nikla hai

ye meri khush-nasibi hai ki us but ne ba-dast-e-khud
sar-e-fihrist diwanon mein mera nam likkha hai

hawaen dhundhti phirti hain us mard-e-mujahid ko
faraaz-e-dar par jis ne charagh-e-zist rakkha hai

yaqinan zakhm-e-dil ke sare tanke tut jaenge
teri nazron ka jadu dil pe shoala ban ke lapka hai

kabhi shahr-e-tamanna mein to aa kar dekh jate wo
dar-o-diwar par har samt kis ka nam likkha hai

sitam ka aur mauqa us ko mil jaega ai 'hairat'
isi bais wo jine ki duaen mujh ko deta hai