kisi dard-mand ki hun sada kisi dil-jale ki pukar hun

saaton ki nahin baat lamhon ki hai jism se ruh parwaz kar jaegi

jawani mein tabiat la-ubaali hoti jati hai

kahna hi mera kya hai ki main kuchh nahin kahta

begana-war humse yagana badal gaya

maut ilaj-e-gham to hai maut ka aana sahl nahin

mani-taraaziyan hain rangin-bayaniyan hain

kya kahen wadon pe yaqin hum kyun late jate hain

sabr mushkil tha mohabbat ka asar hone tak

baDa be-dad-gar wo mah-jabin hai

puchhen wo kash haal dil-e-be-qarar ka

dayar-e-husn mein pabandi-e-rasm-e-wafa kam hai

ji par bhi humne jabr kiya iKHtiyar tak

iltifat-e-am hai wajh-e-pareshani mujhe

diya rashk aashufta-haalon ne mara