rafaqaton ka bharam tod jaane wala nahin
muqable mein agar aaya tar-niwala nahin

padi hui hai nasab qais se milane ki
kisi ne dasht mukammal magar khangala nahin

yahan buland sadaen laga ghubar uda
dayar-e-ishq hai tahzib ka hawala nahin

hamare ahd ke suqraat maslahat-bin hain
kisi ke hath mein bhi zahr ka pyala nahin

safar mein rahne se is ko qarar rahta hai
ye zakhm dil ka hai panw ka koi chhaala nahin

hawa ke hath lagi khushbuon zara sun lo
sambhaale kaun agar phul ne sambhaala nahin

ye jis ne rizq ki tangi pe khud-kushi kar li
kahin samaj ne mil kar to mar dala nahin

karenge yunhi sada intizar sahil par
guhar tahon se samundar ne jo uchhaala nahin

ye ehtiyat pasandi kahan se aai hai
agar zaban pe koi maslahat ka tala nahin

kahaniyan na tarashen khayali duniya ki
kahan jahan mein tafriq past-o-baala nahin

ijara-dariyan qaem hain kis liye 'jazib'
koi hawala agar mo'atabar hawala nahin