manzil daraaz-o-dur hai aur hum mein dam nahin
hun rail par sawar to dam-o-diram nahin

maidan-e-zindagi mein karen daud-dhup kiya
hum aise na-tawan hain ki uthta qadam nahin

kya khub hath panw khuda ne ata kiye
chalte rahen to hajat khil-o-khadam nahin

aghyar kyun dakhil hain bazm-e-surur mein
mana ki yar kam hain par itne to kam nahin

jab tak hai ishq-o-ashiq-o-mashuq mein tamiz
khulta kisi pe raaz-e-hadus-o-qidam nahin

aadam pe mo'tariz hon farishte to kya ajab
chakhi hanuz chashni-e-zahr-e-gham nahin

izhaar-e-haal ka bhi zariya nahin raha
dil itna jal gaya hai ki aankhon mein nam nahin

tu hi nahin hai ramz-e-mohabbat se aashna
warna dayar-e-husn mein rasm-e-sitam nahin

irshad-e-taba ki na agar pairwi kare
naqqashi-e-khayal majal-e-qalam nahin

sar hi ke bal gae hain sada rahrawan-e-ishq
hairat-zada na ban ki nishan-e-qadam nahin

kaisi talab kahan ki talab kis liye talab
hum hain to wo nahin hai jo wo hai to hum nahin