log pi jaen jahan dida-e-tar ki baaten
kaun sunta hai wahan zakhm-e-jigar ki baaten

is qadar aam huin ahl-e-nazar ki baaten
dastan ban ke rahin apne hi ghar ki baaten

kab se gardish mein hai zarraat-e-zamin ki taqdir
aap karte hain sitaron ke safar ki baaten

kya qayamat hai ki is bagh-e-jahan mein hum ne
ghuncha-o-gul se sunin barq-o-sharar ki baaten

bazm-e-hasti hai ki ye shahr-e-khamoshan yaro
gul khilatin hi nahin ahl-e-hunar ki baaten

'dard' malum hai anjam-e-shab-e-gham lekin
dil ke bahlane ko karte hain sahar ki baaten