qismat ki baat kar na muqaddar ki baat kar
husn-e-amal ki husn-e-tadabbur ki baat kar

kar apne ghar ki baat to auqat apni dekh
dara ki baat kar na sikandar ki baat kar

kya gham jo mal-o-zar se nahin faizyab tu
shikwa na kar kisi se muqaddar ki baat kar

jo kuchh mila hai tujh ko muqaddar ki den hai
aql-o-hunar na husn-e-tadabbur ki baat kar

shair hai agar sher ki qimat na kar wasul
apna hunar na bech sukhan-war ki baat kar

yakta ho be-misal ho lakhon mein ek ho
aise hi kisi mard-e-dilawar ki baat kar

kis makhmase mein pad gaya 'azam' tu aaj-kal
wahm-o-guman ko chhod hunar-war ki baat kar