is daur mein taufiq-e-ana di gai mujhko

tum puchho aur main na bataun aise to haalat nahin

mil-jul ke barahna jise duniya ne kiya hai

hadse phail gae saya-e-mizhgan ki tarah

haalat ke qadmon pe qalandar nahin girta

zindagi ke gham lakhon aur chashm-e-nam tanha

dil ko gham-e-hayat gawara hai in dinon

mehrban hum pe jo taqdir hamari hogi

yar kyun gurezan hai sidhi rah chalne se

apne hathon ki lakiron mein saja le mujhko

wo shaKHs ki main jis se mohabbat nahin karta

maine puchha pahla patthar mujh par kaun uThaega

pyar ki rah mein aise bhi maqam aate hain

parbat parbat ghum chuka hun sahra sahra chhan raha hun

thi ham-aghoshi magar kuchh bhi mujhe hasil na tha