tishnagi dard thakan soz-e-jigar rakhta hai
ek musafir kai saughat-e-safar rakhta hai

ye ajab daur-e-taraqqi hai ki insan har pal
khud se ghafil hai magar sab kei khabar rakhta hai

wo jo na-waqif aadab-e-wafa hai wo bhi
jazb-e-ishq tah-e-qalb-o-jigar rakhta hai

kaam leta hai jo haalat ki nakaami se
apne daman mein wahi fath-o-zafar rakhta hai

mere malik mujhe darkar nahin tul-e-hayat
umr de us ko jo jine ka hunar rakhta hai

jaane kya kah diya us ne dam-e-rukhsat mujh se
us ka har lafz qayamat ka asar rakhta hai

tere ahbab se achchha tera dushman 'meraj'
tere bare mein jo pal pal ki khabar rakhta hai