zindagi chhod gai be-sar-o-saman mujhe
umr-bhar yaad raha aap ka ehsan mujhe

be-hikayat mere ehsas ki taswir magar
har zamane ka banae koi unwan mujhe

qata kar de jo zamane se talluq mera
bakhsh de is gham-e-hasti ka tu irfan mujhe

log dekhenge tujhe shahr mein charcha hoga
ghaur se dekh meri samt na pahchan mujhe

dard ki lahar uthi main ne sambhaala dil ko
kar diya hai meri nazron ne pasheman mujhe

na koi naqsh-e-qadam hai na koi gard-e-safar
dur tak rah nazar aai hai sunsan mujhe

dil ne phir un se na milne ki qasam khai hai
dekh len wo na kisi waqt pareshan mujhe

main ne joda gham-e-jaanan se talluq 'anjum'
jab dikhai na diya aish ka imkan mujhe