zindagi go kushta-e-alam hai

tera lutf aatish-e-shauq ko had-e-zindagi se baDha na de

gulshan hai usi ka nam agar hairan hon bayaban kya hoga

kaam ishq-e-be-sawal aa hi gaya

hijr ki shab ghaDi ghaDi dil se yahi sawal hai

ye ishq kal tujhe husn-e-jawan mile na mile

KHamoshi saz hoti ja rahi hai

farq jo kuchh hai wo mutrib mein hai aur saz mein hai

dekha kuchh aaj yun kisi ghaflat-shiar ne

sar-e-mahshar yahi puchhunga KHuda se pahle

arman ko chhupane se musibat mein hai jaan aur

bashar ko mashal-e-iman se aagahi na mili

ab apne dida-o-dil ka bhi etibar nahin