mar ke dekhta hun main
zindagi ki razm-gah sard aur bujhi hui

jaise ek beswa raat ki thaki hui
ho palang par udas nim-jaan padi hui

koi kashmakash nahin koi justuju nahin
ab to dur dur tak hashr-e-hao-hu nahin

chaar-su nigah mein sukhe sukhe jism mein
maut ki jabin pe hain ya karih tewriyan

chaar-su nigah mein haddiyon ke dher hain
aaj bhi jhalakte hain jin se bhuk ke nishan

zindagi giran rahi maut raegan gai
sair ho ke ja rahe hain gadhon ke karwan

mere ham-safar tamam sadgi shiar the
ranj ke shikar the gham se dil-figar the

phir bhi mutmain jiye kitne waza-dar the
wo padi hai nazima, wo meri rafiq-e-kar

wo meri sharik-e-gham zist ki shaguftagi
sach ki gham-zada rahi ifaqa-kash rahi magar

bhediyon ke waste tar niwala hi rahi
is ka jism dhanp dun ki har ek barahnagi

is fareb-zar mein na-pasand ki gai
haalat-e-sitam-nasib dekhta nahin koi

kyun hua koi gharib dekhta nahin koi
aur haqaeq-e-muhib dekhta nahin koi

bagh dekhte hain sab rag dekhte nahin
chand dekhte hain sab dagh dekhte nahin