paida kiya hai udti hui khak se mujhe
nisbat yahi hai sarsar-e-saffak se mujhe

ab to asir-e-gardish-e-lail-o-nahaar hun
muddat hui hai utre hue chaak se mujhe

aaega koi kholega band-e-qaba-e-harf
dega najat kaghzi poshak se mujhe

duniya hai ishwa-saz to main hun makin-e-zat
khatra nahin hai is zan-e-bebak se mujhe

par phadphada raha hun basirat ke dam mein
koi chhudae qabza-e-idrak se mujhe

rah jaegi lakir lahu ki zamin par
le jaiye na bandh ke fitrak se mujhe

mujh se zamin khauf-zada hai 'rafiq-raaz'
ye jaanti hai rabt hai aflak se mujhe