tur par kya munhasir hai jis taraf jata hun main
tere jalwe ki jhalak har chiz mein pata hun main

aalam-e-ghurbat mein tanhai se ghabraata hun main
yaad-e-ahbab-e-watan se dil ko bahlata hun main

hae masti mein nahin rahta zaban par ikhtiyar
baaton baaton mein na kahne ki bhi kah jata hun main

ai adam ke jaane walo koi dam ki der hai
mustaid hun main bhi aane ke liye aata hun main

manzil-e-maqsud tak pahunchun yahi dhun hai mujhe
dam nahin leta kahin badhta chala jata hun main

mukhtasar rudad hai ye be-qarari ki meri
khud tadap kar dekhne walon ko tadpata hun main

kya kisi ka husn hai ghaarat-gar-e-tab-o-tawan
dekhte hi ek jhalak behosh ho jata hun main

meri hasti un ki mahfil mein garan-khatir nahin
surat-e-baad-e-saba jata hun main aata hun main

de rahe hain kya mujhe jine ke tane bar bar
na-munasib hai mera jina to mar jata hun main

ahl-e-mahfil ko sunata hun mazamin-e-bahaar
tab-e-rangin ke zariye phul barsata hun main

garche qatra tha magar dariya mein milne ke siwa
mauj ban kar sath par dariya ki lahraata hun main

bar-e-khatir hai agar mahfil mein mera baithna
kaisi mahfil lo zamane se utha jata hun main

dar-haqiqat mere haq mein maut ka paigham tha
un ka ye kahna khuda-hafiz tera jata hun main

nakhun-e-tadbir se taqdir ka leta hun kaam
apni har uljhi hui gutthi ko suljhata hun main

meri istida pe mujh ko talne ke waste
kah diya zalim ne achchha tum chalo aata hun main

qaum par ho kar tasadduq qaum par ho kar nisar
ghaziyan-e-qaum ki tarikh dohraata hun main

kyun na ho 'sabir' mere sher-o-sukhan mein pukhtagi
mo'taqid jab hazrat-e-'nasikh' ka kahlata hun main