main teri dastaras se bahut dur tha

aaj wo phul bana husn-e-dil-ara dekha

kya bataen kahan kahan the phul

jo mai-kade se bhi daman bacha bacha ke chale

kisi makan ke dariche ko wa to hona tha

dekh koh-e-na-rasa ban kar bharam rakkha tera

jo duhai de raha hai koi saudai na ho

mere badan se kabhi aanch is tarah aae

hamin the jaan-e-bahaaran hamin the rang-e-tarab

manzil-e-shams-o-qamar se guzre

rose jo marta hai isko aadmi likkho kabhi

ho sake to dil-e-sad-chaak dikhaya jae

zindagi ek saza ho jaise

jaras-e-mai ne pukara hai uTho aur suno

tirgi hi tirgi hai baam-o-dar mein kaun hai