zindagi bhi mere nalon ki shanasa nikli

hae us dast-e-karam hi se mile jaur-o-jafa

duniya-dari to kya aati daman sina sikh liya

duniya bhar ki ram-kahani kis kis Dhang se kah Dali

hamein to ras na aai kisi ki mahfil bhi

kyun har ghaDi zaban pe ho jurm-o-saza ka zikr

azal se tha wo hamare wajud ka hissa

koi to baat hogi ki karne paDe hamein

hoti nahin hai yunhi ada ye namaz-e-ishq

nahin ab koi KHwab aisa teri surat jo dikhlae

tum mujhe chaho na chaho lekin itna to karo

aur to koi batata nahin us shahr ka haal

mir ka tarz apnaya sab ne lekin ye andaz kahan

ye aur baat ki tark-e-wafa pe mail hain

na jaane kis ki hamein umr bhar talash rahi