main apni ruh-e-azab-gar se ye kah raha tha
ki ruh ki pyas aur badan ki talab mein

ek rabt-e-bahami hai
na ruh sarshaar hai na tabindagi-e-tan hai

ye reza reza jo rizq pahuncha hai tar-o-pu ka
sarishta-e-na-tawan hai arz-e-hunar ke daman-e-be-rafu ka

ye luqma-e-khushk-o-halq-farsa
kabhi to lazzat-e-shiar-e-kaam-o-dahan bhi hota

fasil-e-tan mawara-e-pas-khurdgi bhi hoti
main dast-e-kotah-gir daulat se puchhta hun

ki umr bhar tu ne kaghzi pairahan siye kyun
zaban-e-aluda-kar ko si ke baith jata

tu sakht-kosh azab-e-sud-o-ziyan na sahti
ye lamhe aasar-e-baqiya hain

ki jin mein sansen bhi ghat rahi hain
talab hai daryuza-gar ki us ne

shikast dil ki panah dhundi
qalam chala hai to raushnai ke ashk tapka

na lauh-e-dil par
harif ko apne sath maqtal ki dhup mein la

sawad-e-mahrumi-e-bashar to nahin
guzar-gah-e-na-muradi

pahad kate hain juraton ne
kharaba-e-zehn par tamazat ghurur ki hai

saman-bari saya-gustari hai
usi ko zahrab-e-agahi de

usi se tamir aashiyan kar