main jahan bhi hun wahin anjuman-arai hai
ki mere sath mera aalam-e-tanhai hai

hasrat-e-ah bhi tauhin-e-shakebai hai
kya mere dard ka mafhum hi ruswai hai

na tajalli na koi anjuman-arai hai
zindagi ek musalsal shab-e-tanhai hai

maut hai qimat-e-hasti koi inam nahin
jaan di hai to hayat-e-abadi pai hai

dhundhte phirte hain yun qafile wale mujh ko
jaise manzil mere hamrah chali aai hai

sina-e-gul mein jo tufan hai hamein kya malum
hum to itna hi samajhte hain bahaar aai hai

raaz-e-nairang-e-chaman koi na samjha 'shahid'
maut phulon ki ba-unwan-e-bahaar aai he