zakhm mahke hain gul-rukhon ki tarah
hum bhi zinda hain hasraton ki tarah

tum ko khushbu bana ke chhodenge
hum mein bu-bas hai gulon ki tarah

kitne chehre lagae phirte hain
aaj insan rawanon ki tarah

roz aab-e-hayat pita hun
roz marta hun main gulon ki tarah

jis ko pala wahi to zehn hum ko
dasta rahta hai naginon ki tarah

tapta rahta hun ret ke manind
koi barse to baadalon ki tarah

ab kahan jaen kis tarah jaen
dard phaila hai raston ki tarah

is girani ke daur mein 'anjum'
apne sine hain maqbaron ki tarah