rishte, chahat, shohrat, daulat
tere liye sab be-maya

tara hai kisi ki aankhon ka tu
aur na kisi ka man-jaya

hai dost na koi ham-saya
maidanon se aankhon ki guzarta ek saya

maqsud-ali! maqsud-ali!
diwana hai tu hum ko bata

ya koi wali?
wo roz-e-azal ka dohraya

hai ek saya
jis ki ek duniya hai apni

dahshat ke mehwar par gardan
wo duniya roz o shab mein jo taqsim nahin

khanon mein bati taqwim nahin
jo raaz hain hum se makhfi

us par zahir hain
wo qalb-e-hasti ke andar

hum bahar hain
madum hai wo maujud ho tum

wo la-had hai mahdud ho tum
hasti ke aalam se baala

hargiz wo tum se baat nahin karne wala
wo sannate ka harkara hai, hont sile

hai dur kahin, hum sab se pare
kohre mein ghiri aawaz pe apne kan dhare

(ya ghaar-e-qadimi ki sangin tariki mein
bahr-e-aghaz ke pani ka

pur-haul taqatur sunta hai
aur jhuk kar bahte pani se

taron ke zarre chunta (hai
wo roz-e-azal ka dohraya

ek saya hai
jo darham-barham kar dene duniya ko hamari aaya hai