tanhai jahan zikr-e-rukh-e-yar kare hai
har gham ko charagh-e-sar-e-diwar kare hai

wo pursish-e-gham ho ki tera lutf-o-karam ho
diwana to har baat se inkar kare hai

muddat hui hum shahr-e-tamanna se chale aae
kyon hum se saba zikr-e-rukh-e-yar kare hai

be-rabt si nazron mein wo andaz-e-ta'alluq
har marhala-e-zist ko dushwar kare hai

zanjir na pahni ki gareban na kiya chaak
yun bhi koi ruswa sar-e-bazar kare hai