be-khabar-e-hayat tha gham ne mujhe jaga diya

jaan apne liye kho lene de

kisi ne chehre pe bikhra liya tha zulfon ko

jazb-e-dil kargar nahin hota

dil se taat teri nahin hoti

dil ko phir ummid garmane lagi

koi ada to mohabbat mein pai jati hai

hum ko tasir-e-gham se marna hai

dard darman se kam to kya hoga

maut aai kitni bar nai zindagi hui

burai kya hai tum ilzam do burai ka

tum nahin pas koi pas nahin

kyun aashna-e-gham dil-e-wahshat-asar nahin

ras jab zindagi nahin aati

udasiyan sahar-o-sham ki nahin achchhi