zara nigah uThao ki gham ki raat kaTe

meri manzil kahan hai kya malum

zist be-waada-e-anwar-e-sahar hai ki jo thi

zindagi kya hai ibtila ke siwa

meri be-qarari meri aah-o-zari ye wahshat nahin hai to phir aur kya hai

apnon ke sitam yaad na ghairon ki jafa yaad

insan ba-yak nigah bura bhi bhala bhi hai

gham ko wajh-e-hayat kahte hain

ek rahzan ko amir-e-karwan samjha tha main

apni bechaargi pe ro na sake

dekh jurm-o-saza ki baat na kar

ishq mein aabru KHarab hui

dil-e-be-muddaa ka muddaa kya

nahin kahte kisi se haal-e-dil KHamosh rahte hain