zindagi daw pe har aan lagi rahti hai
dil ki bazi mein sada jaan lagi rahti hai

hain tere marka-ara ki tamashai hain
bhid kaisi sar-e-maidan lagi rahti hai

koi bilqis nazar aae na aae phir bhi
khoj mein ruh-e-sulaiman lagi rahti hai

khalq ummal se nalan hai magar yaron ko
fikr-e-khush-nudi-e-sultan lagi rahti hai

bakht-sazan-e-reaya mein kashish hai kitni
har nazar jaanib-e-aiwan lagi rahti hai

kyon badalta nahin tu is ko tawanai mein
aag to ai dil-e-hairan lagi rahti hai

aadmi shauq se farigh nahin rahta 'gulzar'
dhun koi zist ke dauran lagi rahti hai