makka gaya madina gaya karbala gaya
jaisa gaya tha waisa hi chal phir ke aa gaya

dekha ho kuchh us aamad-o-shud mein to main kahun
khud gum hua hun baat ki tah ab jo pa gaya

kapde gale ke mere na hon aab-dida kyun
manind-e-abr dida-e-tar ab to chha gaya

jaan-soz aah o nala samajhta nahin hun main
yak shoala mere dil se utha tha jala gaya

wo mujh se bhagta hi phira kibr-o-naz se
jun jun niyaz kar ke main us se laga gaya

jor-e-siphar-e-dun se bura haal tha bahut
main sharm-e-na-kasi se zamin mein sama gaya

dekha jo rah jate tabakhtur ke sath use
phir mujh shikasta-pa se na ik-dam raha gaya

baitha to boriye ke tain sar pe rakh ke 'mir'
saf kis adab se hum fuqara ki utha gaya