tu ne puchha hai mere dost to main sochti hun
wo jo ek chiz hai duniya jise gham kahti hai

mujhe taslim, mera us se ilaqa na raha
zindagi goya koi sej rahi phulon ki

phir wo kya hai ki jo kanton si chubha karti hai
main ne dekhi hain wo be-mehr nigahen ai dost

jin ki beganagi dil chir diya karti hai
main ne ghume hain wo tanhai ke aaseb-nagar

jin ki sarhad pe kahin maut phira karti hai
main ne kati hain wo subhen ki jabin par jin ki

tirgi barf ke manind gira karti hai
apne aangan mein mili wahshat-e-sahra mujh ko

ghairiyat jis mein bagulon si uda karti hai
kaun samjhega ki neamat se bhari jannat mein

ajnabiyyat ke azabon ki malamat kya hai
mehr-o-altaf-o-inayat ke fusun-khane mein

pas rahte hue duri ki aziyyat kya hai
zindagi ki to alamat hai ye ehsas magar

jaan nikale jo, ye ehsas ki shiddat kya hai
dard har ek umumi nahin hota warna

koi kah de to hamein kahne ki hajat kya hai
zindagi ho bhi aur ehsas ki suli pe rahe

dast-e-qudrat ki khuda jaaniye ghayat kya hai
jaane kyun hai ki sahar-kari-e-takhil ka dam

roz-o-farda mein badalte hue ghat jata hai
apni tabir mein dhalte hue afsun ka sira

jaane kis taur kaf-e-khwab se chhut jata hai
jab bhi la-hasili imkan ki manzil dekhe

rah mein asbab-e-tamanna kahin lut jata hai
mil ke bhi kuchh nahin milta hai jahan dost mire!

e'tibar-e-gham-e-hasti wahan uth jata hai
tu ne puchha hai mere dost to main sochti hun

apna kya haal bataun jo samajh aa jae!