wafa ki rah mein dushwar go safar bhi nahin
hazar sahal sahi lekin is qadar bhi nahin

mah-o-nujum ki duniya saji hui hai magar
fasana gham ka mere itna mukhtasar bhi nahin

juda main khud se karun tujh ko kis tarah ummid
tere siwa to mera koi ham-safar bhi nahin

ye kaisa dasht hai kaisa safar hai muddat se
sulagti ret nahin dhup ka shajar bhi nahin

zaban se apni kahun dil pe jo guzarti hai
wo be-khabar hi sahi itne be-khabar bhi nahin

jo zakhm khae hain 'sattar' wo dikhaun bhi
wafa-shanas nahin hun to be-hunar bhi nahin