sard ho jati hai fikr-e-jah-e-duniya jis ke baad
wo zara sa hai khayal ai dil ki phir kya is ke baad

dil ba-mushkil aastan-e-but ke sajdon se phira
sar uthaya to sahi lekin badi ghis ghis ke baad

be-khudi aai thi un ke baad bazm-e-naz mein
phir nahin malum hum ko kaun aaya kis ke baad

khun-e-dil hi par masaib kash ho jate tamam
dekhna ye hai ki hona aur kya hai is ke baad

khud ko pahchane to insan kyun rahe paband-e-ghair
ye kamal-e-be-hayai hai zawal-e-his ke baad

koi jata hai to jae kis ko parwa hai yahan
bazm-e-alam ye kaho suni hui hai kis ke baad

kho diya shohrat ne apni sher-khwani ka maza
dad mil jati hai 'natiq' har ratab-yabis ke baad