zindagi ki jo saat jis ke hath aai hai
khub soch kar barte chiz to parai hai

main ne mard-e-haq ban kar jab nazar uthai hai
mera samna karte maut hichkichai hai

khalwat-e-tamanna hai gham raqib ka kyon ho
aap ye to farma den kyon nazar churai hai

eqtidar ke bande jab hue hain matwale
inqalab ki turshi waqt ne chakhai hai

muzhda-e-mariz-e-gham waqt-e-muddaa aaya
raushni sitaron ki dekh jhilmilai hai

aap hon khafa mujh se ya main aap se nadim
wo bhi jag-hansai hai ye bhi jag-hansai hai

hai qarib ajal 'hasrat' ab to hosh mein aaen
zindagi to ghaflat se aap ne ganwai hai