nigah-e-khishmagin mein pyar ki ziya kar ke
hum aazmae gae arz-e-muddaa karke

nai umid nae gham se aashna karke
guzar gai shab-e-hijran khuda khuda karke

junun ke sath bhi kuchh dur hum ko chalne do
khirad ko dekh liya hum ne rahnuma karke

harif-e-amn-o-aman ka yahi hai mansuba
ki fard fard ko rakh de yahan juda karke

mizaj ahl-e-siyasat ke jab badalne lage
qadam tumhein bhi uthana hai faisla karke

ye silsila to sataish ka khub hai lekin
mita na de kahin maghrur-e-irtiqa karke

ghurur-e-jah-o-hasham ne tamam umr hamein
kahin ka rakkha na aawara-e-ana karke

kisi gharib ko dekho na tum hiqarat se
jo ho sake to guzar jao kuchh bhala karke

wahi fasana-e-fikr-e-maash hai ab bhi
hum intiha ko taraste hain ibtida karke

qadam usi ka waqar-e-hayat chume hai
pasheman hota hai jo aadmi khata karke

hai ab bhi waqt sanbhal jao ai 'tarab' warna
zamana tum ko na rakh de kahin fana karke