tajalli tur ki har su ayan hai
magar zauq-e-kalimana kahan hai

yahi hai rahbari ai rahnumao
na manzil hai na manzil ka nishan hai

lahu rota hai jo auron ki khatir
haqiqat mein wahi dil shadman hai

ajab shai hai rabab-e-zindagi bhi
kabhi naghma kabhi aah-o-fughan hai

agar waqf-e-mohabbat ho to neamat
nahin to zindagi bar-e-garan hai

karishma hai ye teri be-rukhi ka
zamin dushman falak na-mehrban hai

khirad ki rah mein barg-e-gul-e-tar
junun ki rah mein sang-e-giran hai

sun ai bedad-gar begana-khu sun
ye khamoshi bhi ek tarz-e-fughan hai

munawwar hai bashar ka zehn lekin
harim-e-dil abhi zulmat-nishan hai

gulistan ki faza ab bhi na badli
wahi gulchin wahi barq-e-tapan hai

rihai qaid se bad-tar hai yani
dil-e-tair asir-e-ashiyan hai

mitane se kahan mitti hai 'sabir'
ye urdu 'mir'-o-'ghaalib' ki zaban hai