zindagi kis maqam se guzri

sach to ye hai ki tamannaon ki jaan hoti hai

yak-ba-yak ye ho gae andaz kya

lau de uTha charagh-e-tamanna bujha hua

jita hun jo mar mar ke ye jina to nahin hai

un ke gesu sanwarte jate hain

taswir-e-zindagi mein naya rang bhar gae

arbab-e-gulistan ka chalan dekh raha hun

pur-kaif bahaaron ne bhi dil toD diya hai

taskin de sakenge na jam-o-subu mujhe

hua hai ahl-e-sahil par asar kya