tumhāre ba.ad jo bikhre to kū-ba-kū hue ham

phir is ke ba.ad kahīñ apne rū-ba-rū hue ham

tamām umr havā kī tarah guzārī hai

agar hue bhī kahīñ to kabhū kabhū hue ham

yuuñ gard-e-rāh bane ishq meñ simaT na sake

phir āsamān hue aur chār-sū hue ham

rahī hamesha darīda qabā-e-jism tamām

kabhī na dast-e-hunar-mand se rafū hue ham

ḳhud apne hone kā har ik nishāñ miTā Daalā

'shanās' phir kahīñ mauzū-e-guftugū hue ham