hum ek umr jale sham-e-rahguzar ki tarah

lutf ka rabt hai koi na jafa ka rishta

junun KHud-numa KHud-nigar bhi nahin

milega dard to darman ki aarzu hogi

sar-ta-ba-qadam ek hasin raaz ka aalam

shauq ka taqaza hai sharh-e-arzu kije

chhaTe ghubar-e-nazar baam-e-tur aa jae

zindagi dil pe ajab sehr sa karti jae

dad bhi fitna-e-bedad bhi qatil ki taraf

hujum-e-dard ka itna baDhe asar gum ho

numu ke faiz se rang-e-chaman nikhar sa gaya

ye hujum-e-rasm-o-rah duniya ki pabandi bhi hai

jalwa paband-e-nazar bhi hai nazar-saz bhi hai

daur-e-tufan mein bhi ji lete hain jine wale

wo nazuk sa tabassum rah gaya wahm-e-hasin ban kar