qad sab ke un ki bazm mein kam kar diye gae
jo sar nahin jhuke wo qalam kar diye gae

chehron pe hadsat raqam kar diye gae
sab khush-mizaj waqf-e-alam kar diye gae

qahr-e-khuda hua to koi uf na kar saka
sare wajud pal mein adam kar diye gae

jo sath sath chal na sake waqt ke yahan
wo log sirf naqsh-e-qadam kar diye gae

har be-zamir shakhs ne khushiyan samet lin
hamrah ahl-e-zarf ke gham kar diye gae

'arif' darun-e-kaba kabhi but bhi the magar
matub sare ahl-e-haram kar diye gae