ai dost mere pas nahin lal-o-jawahar
tu dekh ki kis darja hai sada meri poshak

lekin mujhe qudrat ne ata ki hai faqiri
is baat ka shahid hai mera daman-e-sad-chaak

har-chand ki kam-maya hun duniya ki nazar mein
iqlim-e-sukhan mein hai meri baithi hui dhak

har rang-e-zamana se hun is umr mein waqif
raftar-e-zamana hai meri basta-e-fitrak

duniya ko samajhta hun main bazicha-e-atfal
jhukte hain meri izzat-o-tazim ko aflak

hain shams-o-qamar mere hi farman ke tabe
hawi hai zamane pe meri fitrat-e-bebak

la-raib main sultan hun qismat ke jahan ka
har-chand ki qismat ka fasana hai alamnak

bijli ki hararat hai meri mauj-e-nafas mein
main phunk ke ek lamhe mein rakh dun khas-o-khashak

bartaw zamane ka mere sath bura hai
mat puchh ki kyun aankh meri rahti hai namnak

main chahun to taqdir-e-zamana ko badal dun
chahun to badal sakta hun main qismat-e-laulak