yun to har ek ne ki rasm ada mere baad
kar na paya koi takmil-e-wafa mere baad

main ne anjam diye kar-e-numayan jo bhi
ba-wafa koi bhi wo kar na saka mere baad

kaun samjhega taqaddus jo hai bahr-e-gham ka
zindagi ko koi sahil na mila mere baad

sajda-e-shukr ba-har-gam ada karta hun
kaun samjhega ye taslim-o-raza mere baad

saf-goi ka har ek karta hai dawa lekin
kis ne mahfil mein ye izhaar kiya mere baad

inqalab aaya zamane mein to kis ke dam se
kis ka lahja asar-andaz hua mere baad

khair maqdam ke liye khud badhi manzil meri
dur tak phir na chala us ka pata mere baad

bazm-e-duniya to hai 'maqsud' sara-e-fani
kya khabar kaun ho phir jalwa-numa mere baad