o hasrat-e-visal na dekh is tarah na dekh

sukun-e-zindagi tark-e-amal ka nam hai shayad

ajnabiyon ke shahr mein gum hun magar main kaun hun

ya KHadim-e-din hona ya mazhar-e-din hona

but kahte hain mar ja mar ja

jo bhi hai surat-e-haalat kaho chup na raho

aaya tha bazm-e-sher mein arz-e-hunar ko main

jo mere dil mein hai kahne dijiye

par utra hun kis qarine se

din ki surat nazar aate hi meri raat hui

hayat-e-jawedan hum kya karenge

madfan-e-ghariban hai aao fatiha paDh len

zindagi aur mile aur mile aur mile

samne duKHtar-e-barahman hai

zikr ustad-e-fan ka jaane de