vahī yaksāniyat-e-shām-o-sahar hai ki jo thī
zindagī dast-ba-dil ḳhāk-basar hai ki jo thī
dekh kar bhī tire jalve nahīñ dekhe jaate
vahī pābandī-e-ādāb-e-nazar hai ki jo thī
tujh se mil kar bhī ġham-e-hijr kī talḳhī na miTī
ek hasrat sī ye andāz-e-digar hai ki jo thī
sho.ala-e-dard bujhe der huī hai lekin
vahī tābindagī-e-dīda-e-tar hai ki jo thī
tū mirī jaan nahīñ ab magar ai jān-e-'azīm'
zindagī ab bhī tirī dast-nigar hai ki jo thī