jab kitabon ke nawishton se phisal kar
meri darmanda nigah

chaar-su phaile hue safha-e-ayyam pe ja padti hai
dil mein ek huk si uthti hai

ubhar aate hain dukhte hue jaankah sawal
phir isi huk ke lahje mein khuda bolta hai

zindagani ki kadi sharten hain
ye ibaadat hai tumhaari ki mere bakhshe hue dukh jhelo

in parindon ka, bahaim ka tasawwuf dekho
kaise minqar-shikasta tair

dane dane ko taras jata hai danon mein ghira
musht-e-par khak mein dhal jati hai rafta rafta

jaan kho dene ke be-zar irade ke baghair
kisi shikwe ke baghair

aur ye mujh se bada dars samajh mein nahin aata meri
kis liye us ki mashiyyat ne kiya dukh paida

sochta hun to dhalak aate hain ashkon mein sawal
hai meri soch mere apne liye ek azab

us pe aaed hi nahin mere sawalon ka jawab