sitam-e-na-rawa ko rote hain
charkh teri jafa ko rote hain

khun rulwa rahi hai yaad-e-wafa
ek sarapa-wafa ko rote hain

is tarah aai waqt se pahle
aane wali qaza ko rote hain

ab ye us tak pahunch nahin sakta
nala-e-na-rasa ko rote hain

bah gaya aankh se lahu ho kar
dil-e-dard-ashna ko rote hain

jaan le kar gaya wo aakhir-e-kar
maraz-e-la-dawa ko rote hain

jaane wale ki ye nishani hai
dekh kar naqsh-e-pa ko rote hain

dard sa dard hai bhara us mein
tute dil ki sada ko rote hain

rote jo aae the rula ke gae
ibtida intiha ko rote hain

rang-o-bu ab kahan wo gul hi nahin
is chaman ki hawa ko rote hain

hai faza-e-chaman ghubar-alud
hum mukaddar faza ko rote hain

khak mein milne ko hai sab ka husn
gul-e-rangin qaba ko rote hain

mehndi pis kar lahu rulati hai
pisne wali hina ko rote hain

nafas-e-sard ye bani bhi to kya
mauj-e-baad-e-saba ko rote hain

bagh-e-alam mein is tarah be-did
nagis-e-nim-wa ko rote hain

chha gai kaisi tirgi un par
mehr-o-mah ki ziya ko rote hain

kaam aaya na ye kisi ke bhi
khizr aab-e-baqa ko rote hain

chup hain yun jaise in mein jaan nahin
lab-e-mojiz-numa ko rote hain

ab su-e-asman nahin uthta
apne dast-e-dua ko rote hain

jaan ko le ke sath jaana tha
is dil-e-mubtala ko rote hain

de gaya dagh-e-gham ye kaun 'riyaz'
hum gham-e-der-pa ko rote hain