mila hai takht kise kaun takht par na raha
ye baat aur hai jari tha jo safar na raha

shab-e-siyah mein bhi jo tha raushni ka safir
kinar-e-baam se wo jhankta qamar na raha

lagi thin jis pe nigahen na jaane kis kis ki
mariz par wahi tawiz kar-gar na raha

yaqin tha jo bhi wo ab gard-e-ishtibah mein hai
ye kya hua ki koi shakhs mo'tabar na raha

bade-badon pe bhi 'majid' ba-nam-e-arz-e-watan
jo e'timad tha al-qissa mukhtasar na raha