imarat ho ki ghurbat bolti hai

haqiqat hai ki nanha sa diya hun

kya kahun ki kya hun main

na dekhen kamtari ab kamtaron ki

koi apne waste mahshar uTha kar le gaya

hai qanun-e-fitrat koi kya karega

aap ki nazron mein shayad is liye achchha hun main

ishrat-e-duniya-e-fani ki kahani aur hai

kal talak jo tha tasawwur anjuman-araiyon ka

pyar ka yun dastur nibhana paDta hai

waqt-e-ruKHsat shabnami saughat ki baaten karo

koi har maraz ki dawa banTta hai

waqt bhi tewar badalta jaega

kabhi jab dastan-e-gardish-e-ayyam likhta hun

be-niyaz naghma-e-duniya hun main