ik nashtar-e-nigāh hai is se ziyāda kyā

dam bhar kī aah aah hai is se ziyāda kyā

gardan se tauq-e-ḳhauf-o-talab ko nikāl dekh

phir koī bādshāh hai is se ziyāda kyā

tāqat agar hai paañv meñ sahrā kā ḳhauf kyuuñ

bas ik kushāda raah hai is se ziyāda kyā

vo to havā thī band na muTThī meñ ho sakī

ab rañj ḳhvāh-maḳhvāh hai is se ziyāda kyā

bāloñ ko apne chhoḌ mirī shām-e-ġham ko dekh

phir dekh kuchh siyāh hai is se ziyāda kyā

har-chand aaj bhī hai vahī kasrat-e-umīd

haarī huī sipāh hai is se ziyāda kyā

ik kañkarī uchhāl ke toḌo tilism-e-tāb

paanī meñ aks-e-māh hai is se ziyāda kyā

haiñ kāmyāb jin kā yahāñ jī nahīñ lagā

duniyā kī dars-gāh hai is se ziyāda kyā

ghaTtā hī jā.egā ye latāfat ke saath saath

ye jism zād-e-rāh hai is se ziyāda kyā

ḳhūn-e-jigar se sher likho aur mā-hasal

dam bhar kī vāh-vāh hai is se ziyāda kyā