yaqin-e-subh-e-chaman hai kitna shuur-e-abr-e-bahaar kya hai
sawal karte hain dasht-o-dariya ki qafile ka waqar kya hai

jo chal pade jada-e-wafa par unhen gham-e-rozgar kya hai
saubaton ke pahad kya hain tamazaton ka ghubar kya hai

yahin pe manzil karenge rahi yahin pe sab qafile rukenge
thahar zara shauq-e-sabr dushman ye dard be-ikhtiyar kya hai

nasib-e-farda pe shadman hain junun ke maron se koi puchhe
ye kyun gireban hai tukde tukde ye daman-e-tar tar kya hai

na un ka jada na koi manzil na nur-o-zulmat ka farq jaanen
unhen khabar kya ki hai sahar kya andheri shab ka khumar kya hai