koi dara-e-jaan hai kya malum
ya faqat dastan hai kya malum

kya hudud-e-yaqin mein hai khallaq
ya sarasar guman hai kya malum

aarzu thi khuda ko ya hajat
kyun wajud-e-jahan hai kya malum

lahw ya khud mein naqs ka ehsas
illat-e-ins-o-jaan hai kya malum

iztiraran ki baad-e-fikr-e-daqiq
khilat-e-in-o-an hai kya malum

kis liye kis taraf bahar saat
rakhsh-e-hasti dawan hai kya malum

kis khala-e-nazar ke bharne ko
ye zamin aasman hai kya malum

hai kahin aaftab-e-zat-o-sifat
ya shua-e-bayan hai kya malum

kuchh nahin hai ba-juz fareb yahan
aur sab kuchh wahan hai kya malum

kis liye aql ke safine mein
naql ka baadban hai kya malum

chaplusi mein kis liye mashghul
khail-e-karrubiyan hai kya malum

malgajahat si hai sar-e-gardun
abr hai ya dhuan hai kya malum

wo tawanai hai ki shakhsiyyat
kaun shah-e-zaman hai kya malum

ban ke pichhe hai ek khafi halchal
gard-e-pa karwan hai kya malum

shar hai kyun is qadar lahim-o-shahim
khair kyun nim-jaan hai kya malum

shaitanat kyun hai rashk-e-mah-e-munir
kyun risalat katan hai kya malum

kaun said-e-gunah hai amdan
kyun jahannum tapan hai kya malum

kya hawadis ba-taur-e-mashghala hain
ya sar-e-imtihan hai kya malum

aur kyun imtihan ke chakkar mein
aalim-o-ghaib-dan hai kya malum

kaun in faqa-kash gharibon ka
zamin-e-ab-o-nan hai kya malum

aankhen labrez hain subu khali
kaun pir-e-mughan hai kya malum

sikka-e-maut shahr-e-hasti mein
kis khata par rawan hai kya malum

nafs-e-ammara bakhshne wala
hum se kyun sar-garan hai kya malum

kyun hamari zamin par har aan
karbala ka saman hai kya malum

is buri tarah munh se kyun bahar
aadmi ki zaban hai kya malum

'josh' nur-e-khuda pe kyun hawi
rang-e-ru-e-butan hai kya malum