nikhat-e-turra-e-mushkin jo saba lai hai
koi aawara hua hai koi saudai hai

be-khudi se hai yahan be-khabari ka aalam
khud-numai ko wahan shaghl-e-khud-arai hai

apni hi jalwagari hai ye koi aur nahin
ghaur se dekh agar aankh mein binai hai

hai mujhe kashmakash-e-sai-o-talab se nafrat
dil mera tark-e-tamanna ka tamannai hai

juz dil-e-pak na paya haram-e-khas kahin
dair-o-kaba mein abas nasiya-farsai hai

naz ki jalwagari ke liye manzar hai niyaz
na-tawani meri ham-rang-e-tawanai hai

jab tabiat hi na hazir ho to be-sud hai fikr
sher-goi to kahan qafiya-paimai hai

munh pe laun to ye kam-zarf bahak jaen abhi
baat jo pir-e-kharabaat ne samjhai hai

khud munadi o munada hun na ghaibat na huzur
aalam-e-ghaib se yun dil mein nida aai hai

dil ye kahta hai ki hasil ki hai tahsil abas
na tamanna koi shai hai na tamannai hai