main khwab-gah-e-zat ke andar nahin rahta
insan hun mahaul se kat kar nahin rahta

mil jati hai malbe se kisi nam ki takhti
dastar to rahti hai magar sar nahin rahta

wo phul hai gulchin ki rasai nahin us tak
aahu hai magar tir ki zad par nahin rahta

us waqt satati hai hamein nind ki dewi
jab ek sitara bhi falak par nahin rahta

asbab-e-safar le ke nikalte nahin ghar se
is waste lutne ka hamein dar nahin rahta

har shakhs ki baaton se ye andaza hua hai
is shahar mein koi bhi qad-awar nahin rahta

kashti ka safar achchha laga hai mujhe 'nasir'
ab pesh-e-nazar ek hi manzar nahin rahta