rida koi dilruba nahin hai nigah koi dil-nashin nahin hai
tilism-e-zauq-e-nazar hain jalwe wagarna koi hasin nahin hai

hamare maqsad ki gumrahi se qadam qadam par bane hain kabe
yahan jhuki hai wahan jhukegi kuchh kuchh e'tibar-e-jabin nahin hai

azal se ye rind-e-la-ubaali gada-e-maikhana-e-nazar hai
qasam teri kafir ankhdiyon ki sharab aisi kahin nahin hai

hum apna dukhda suna rahe hain wo baithe sun bhi rahe hain lekin
kuchh is tarah muskura rahe hain ki jaise un ko yaqin nahin hai

qasam hai un surkh aansuon ki ki jin ki ladiyan kabhi na tutin
ki ab un aankhon mein koi qatra mata-e-'ashk'-e-hazin nahin hai