yan to kuchh apni khushi se nahin hum aae hue
ek zabardast ke hain khinch ke bulwae hue

aate hi roe to aage ko na rowen kyun-kar
hum to hain roz-e-talawwud hi ke dukh pae hue

dekh kar ghair ke sath us ko kaha yun hum ne
ho to tum chand par is waqt ho gahnae hue

kal jo gulshan mein gae hum to ajab shakl se aah
hijr ke mare hue ji se ba-tang aae hue

gul jo taze the khile kahte the shabnam se ye baat
dekh kar un ko jo wo phul the kumhlae hue

aaj hain shakh pe jis taur se pazhmurda 'nazir'
kal isi tarah se hum howenge murjhae hue