yun sang-dil hayat se ahd-o-wafa kiya
diwar darmiyan thi magar khud ko wa kiya

mitti ka rang-o-nur se rishta qadim tha
har bar zindagi ne naya tajraba kiya

the dastaras mein yun to sab asrar-e-kaenat
is umr-e-bewafa ne magar na-rasa kiya

har ajnabi maqam se tanha guzar gae
apna hi naqsh-e-pa tha jise rahnuma kiya

chamka diya lahu ne dil-e-tira-jism ko
ek sail-e-nur tha ki ragon mein baha kiya

danista lut gaya ye saman-zar dekhna
phulon ne nikhaton ko sipurd-e-saba kiya

ye raat raushni ki tamanna mein bujh gai
dil ko ye kis shikast ne be-muddaa kiya

yun to jahan tamam hai tufan-e-rang-o-nur
kis aabshaar ne hamein rangin-nawa kiya