zindagi be-sabaat kitni hai
chand roza hayat kitni hai

partaw-e-husn-e-yar hai warna
dil ki kul kaenat kitni hai

dard-e-dil uth ke tu bata de zara
puchhte hain wo raat kitni hai

aadmi mar raha hai jine ko
imbisat-e-hayat kitni hai

bazm-e-duniya mein aae aur chale
dastan-e-hayat kitni hai

baat 'nashad' ki bhi sun lete
ek zara si hai baat kitni hai