zindagi tujh se tawaqqo to bahut thi lekin
tere faizan-e-dil-awez ke daman mein magar

mere hisse ki khushi ka koi aansu bhi nahin
koi shabnam koi tara koi jugnu bhi nahin

koi diwar koi dar koi saya bhi nahin
koi apna bhi nahin koi paraya bhi nahin

ek la-samt safar par main rawan hun ab tak
khud se kahta hun ki main hun

pa kahan hun ab tak
habs-e-beja ka tasalsul bhi hai tanhai bhi

jaane kyon in dinon ummid bhi hai khak-basar
jaane kyon in dinon mayus tamanna ki nazar

yun bhi bil-wasta hoti hai mukhatib aksar
ai masaib se ulajhte hue tanha paikar

kaun hai tu ki tere tira-shabistan mein kabhi
chandni koi pae-pursish-e-gham aai nahin

kaun hai tu tere ayyam ke aaine mein
koi rukhsar ka khaka koi gesu bhi nahin

koi shabnam koi tara koi jugnu bhi nahin
tere hisse mein khushi ka koi aansu bhi nahin

be-karan aalam-e-tanhai ka ehsas-e-shadid
had se hota hai ziyaada to mafar ki khatir

khud-kalami mein basar karta hun bojhal lamhe
aur aarasta hoti hai khayali mahfil

khud-farebi ka ye andaz hai go waqif hun
khud-farebi to nahin gham ka mudawa lekin