zindagi marg ki mohlat hi sahi
bahr-e-wamanda iqamat hi sahi

dosti wajh-e-adawat hi sahi
dushmani bahr-e-rifaqat hi sahi

tul dete ho adawat ko kyun
mukhtasar qissa-e-ulfat hi sahi

rakh kisi waza se ehsan ki khu
mujh ko aazar se rahat hi sahi

aap ka bhi nahin chhutta daman
mere dar pe meri shamat hi sahi

aaqibat hashr ko aana ek din
ruth jaana teri aadat hi sahi

kuchh bhi ai bakht mayassar hai tujhe
ya tajassus se faraghat hi sahi

kucha-e-ghair mein chal kar rahiye
gar nahin aish to hasrat hi sahi

yahi taqrib-e-sitam ho ai kash
har tarah ghair se nafrat hi sahi

ab to uth aae lahad se be-tab
na sahi chaal qayamat hi sahi

yaadgari ki koi baat to ho
maut apni teri rukhsat hi sahi

adl-o-insaf-e-qayamat malum
aah-o-fariyaad ki fursat hi sahi

ai 'qalaq' shukr-e-sitam be-ja kyun
aah-o-fariyaad ki fursat hi sahi