hum kahen ya na kahen
roz-e-raushan ki tarah

dum ka afsana farozan hi raha hai ab tak
kulbulati hui simab sifat aur subuk-rau wo dum

kisi shair ke takhayyul ki tarah banki si
khub sajti hai sag-e-laila par

hae afsos wo dum
jo ki nalki mein rahi qaid pareshan-o-zubun barah baras

phir bhi nikli to wo tedhi nikli
kisi mahbub ke abru-e-khamida ki tarah

kisi shahnaz ke gesu-e-burida ki tarah
but-e-tannaz ke ausaf-e-hamida ki tarah

apne markaz ki taraf mail-e-parwaz hai dum
dekh kar dum ki wo simab-sifat banki ada

shair-e-waqt machal jata hai
aur pahron wo khalaon mein kahin

ek begana tasawwur ki tarah aawara
saikdon husn-o-mohabbat ke hasin naghmon ko

kat kar chhant ke mehnat se banata hai sada
hu-ba-hu dum ki tarah

aur dum jab mere aasab pe chha jati hai
hosh ud jate hain afkar badal jate hain

saikdon tarah ke hanste hue dum-dar khayal
phir pareshan mujhe karte hain

main tadap jata hun
be-sakhta kah uthta hun

teri jumbish se numayan hai zamin ki jumbish
ai dum

aalam-e-ghaiz mein dum jab bhi khadi hoti hai
kya qayamat ki ghadi hoti hai

kanp jata hai jahan
hosh rustam ke bhi ud jate hain

chaar jaanib se sada aati hai ai dum ai dum
ab to nichi ho ja

aur duniya-e-mohabbat pe kar ehsan ai dum
yani mahbub ke pichhe lag ja

taki dum-dar ye sadiyon ka sitamgar ho jae
aur bhage jo chhuda kar kabhi apna daman

dum se pakda jae