shab-e-wada hui aakhir ajal ki aaj ban aai
bayaz-e-subh le kar sath kafur-o-kafan aai

wo jab taqrir karte hain to munh se phul jhadte hain
labon par baat kya aai bahaar-e-yasman aai

gham o shadi se aalam ek tamasha-gah-e-ibrat hai
kisi ghar se gaya murda kisi ghar mein dulhan aai

zamana dekh kar mansur ko bartaw karna tha
kahi haq baat kyon jo naubat-e-dar-o-rasan aai

qafas mera bacha kar rakh hawa ke rukh se ai gul-chin
phadak kar jaan de dunga agar bu-e-chaman aai

asar hai wada-e-didar ka hangama-e-mahshar
tumhin ko dekhne ye anjuman ki anjuman aai

na chhuta baad-e-murdan bhi ta'alluq sehr-e-duniya se
musafir ko manati dur tak yaad-e-watan aai