zarra-e-tarik mehr-e-zau-fishan hone ko hai
qatra-e-nachiz bahr-e-bekaran hone ko hai

juzw kul karte hain apni quwwaten nazr-e-bashar
banda-e-majbur mukhtar-e-jahan hone ko hai

ye zamin thin zillat-e-afaq jis ki pastiyan
rifaton mein ru-kash-e-haft-asman hone ko hai

nuskha-e-ijad-e-alam pa na le insan kahin
aashkara fitrat-e-kaun-o-makan hone ko hai

barq-o-atish se hua barbaad jis ka khanuman
ab wo aagah-e-nawed-e-bazm-e-jaan hone ko hai

maut ke saman ki paiham justuju jis ko rahi
raaz-e-hasti us ki mahfil mein ayan hone ko hai

ibn-e-adam yani ye parwarda-e-jaur-e-falak
shayad ab is par mashiyyat mehrban hone ko hai

bebas aur bechaara tha gahwara-e-taqdir mein
lekin ab ye kaudak-e-nadan jawan hone ko hai

zarra-e-tarik mehr-e-zau-fishan hone ko hai
qatra-e-nachiz bahr-e-be-karan hone ko hai