udaun na kyun tar-tar-e-gareban
ki parda-dari hai shiar-e-gareban

har ek tar hai dast-gir-e-tamasha
kiya zoaf ne sharmsar-e-gareban

katan-o-gul-o-sina-e-ahl-e-hasrat
bahut chiz hain yaadgar-e-gareban

agar dushmani bakhiya-gar ko nahin
to kyun is qadar dost-dar-e-gareban

yahin qaid-e-rasm khalaiq pasand
har ek sans hai khar-khar-e-gareban

wafa hai meri pesh-dast-e-salasil
tera parda hai pesh-kar-e-gareban

ye udne mein chaalak har para hai
ram-e-dasht-e-wahshat shikar-e-gareban

kabhi koh mein dasht mein hai kabhi
nahin kuchh gulu par madar-e-gareban

'qalaq' kyun ke parda na uthta hamara
ki hai bakhiya-gar raaz-dar-e-gareban