zindagi rahat-e-jaan dard dil-e-zar bhi hai
banjh kheti bhi hai aur kisht-e-guhar-bar bhi hai

zindagi ek dhanak
shokh rangon se bani

zindagi qarz bhi hai farz bhi hai
zindagi ek sarab

zindagi jam-e-sharab
zindagi husn-e-shabab

zindagi bu-e-gulab
zindagi kyun ho azab

jis ne jis rang mein dekha ye bani waisi hi
shad-nashad to aabaad hain barbaad yahan

faqr ek phul bhi hai dhul bhi hai
zindagi gahra samundar koi

us falak-bos bulandi se pare
log jite hain ki marna hai unhen

zehn-o-mahaul ki tariki mein
jis tarah hoga ba-har-taur guzar kar lenge

log jine se bahut pahle hi mar jate hain
ek tasahul ka bahana hai ye andaz un ka

aao hum zist sajaen apni
azmat-e-adam-o-hawwa na ghataen hargiz

hum wafa-kesh banen
khidmat-e-quam-o-watan apna saliqa ban jae

husn ke phul bikheren khushbu
pyar ke nur se raushan hon fazaen sari

dil mein nafrat na rahe
dard mit jaen mile sabr-o-qarar

raushni pae hayat
raat ki zulmaten mit jaen kahin kho jaen

khugar-e-ranj banen waris-e-aurang-e-nashat
sarkhushi pae hayat

jina jab tak hai saliqe se jien
maut aae to qarine se maren

husn-e-tadbir se gulshan mein guhar-bari ho
kaam kuchh aise karen

zist jawed bane