ye aur baat hai har shakhs ke guman mein nahin
zamin kahan hai jo aaghosh-e-asman mein nahin

ziya-faraaz jahan hain hazar mah-o-nujum
charagh koi magar mere aashiyan mein nahin

wafur-e-ishq ki nairangiyan are tauba
jo dil mein dard hai wo dil ki dastan mein nahin

tum apna tir-e-ada meri ruh mein dhundo
in abaruon ki lachakti hui kaman mein nahin

ye aur baat ki gulshan pe gir pade bijli
kami to koshish-e-tanzim-e-gulistan mein nahin

jo apni sust-rawi ka ilaj kar na sake
maqam us ka koi ahl-e-karwan mein nahin

rumuz-e-uqba se ahl-e-zamin hon kya waqif
kisi bhi pahlu koi rabt do-jahan mein nahin

'falak' main kaifiyyat-e-dil se khud pareshan hun
kisi fughan mein asar hai kisi fughan mein nahin