zindagi ke saz par jalte hue naghmat hain
raqs-farma shoala-e-dil ki tarah zarraat hain

hain bagulon ki tarah tar-e-nafas bahke hue
zindagani ki junun-parwar sabhi aayat hain

naz-farma jin ki tabani pe thi aql-e-bashar
aaj wo khurshid-o-anjum kitne kam-auqat hain

hum ki the dildari-e-mauj-e-hawadis par nisar
shor-e-tufan se ayaadat dil-nashin jazbaat hain

jin ko rakhti thi moattar teri yaadon ki shamim
tegh ki jhankar mein gum wo hasin din-raat hain

waqt ki mehrab mein ek sham-e-nau raushan karen
raazdan-e-arzu hum waris-e-afat hain

kaun dhunde garmi-e-rukhsar-e-khuban ai 'sarosh'
aatish-e-paikar se shoala-fagan jazbaat hain