kya kya na zindagi ke fasane raqam hue
lekin jo hasil-e-gham-e-dil the wo kam hue

ai tishnagi-e-dard koi gham koi karam
muddat guzar gai hai in aankhon ko nam hue

milne ko ek izn-e-tabassum to mil gaya
kuchh dil hi jaanta hai jo dil par sitam hue

daman ka chaak chaak-e-jigar se na mil saka
kitni hi bar dast-o-gareban baham hue

kis ko hai ye khabar ki ba-unwan-e-zindagi
kis husn-e-ehtimam se maslub hum hue

arbab-e-ishq-o-ahl-e-hawas mein hai farq kya
sab hi teri nigah mein jab mohtaram hue

'shair' tumhin pe tang nahin arsa-e-hayat
har ahl-e-fan pe dahr mein aise karam hue