tajrabe garche ye batate hain
waqt be-rahm ek sipahi hai

jis ka mazbut o aahani panja
dil ka aaina tod deta hai

dasht-e-hasti mein aabla-pa ko
hama-dam rah-e-gham dikhata hai

nau-ba-nau intishaar lata hai
zindagi ko dukhi banata hai

lekin ai ham-safar thahar to sahi
tajrabe ye bhi to batate hain

waqt ek narm-dil masiha hai
jis ke nazuk hasin phul se hath

tute aaine jod dete hain
jama-e-tan ke chaak sete hain

ungliyan zakhm-e-dil pe rakhte hain
ashk aankhon se ponchh dete hain