jahāñ hote kisī chashm-e-sitāra-yāb meñ hote
ham aise log har lahza hisār-e-āb meñ hote
to phir ham par bhī khultā husn tere āriz-o-lab kā
agar kuchh aur chehre bhī hamāre ḳhvāb meñ hote
ye miTTī paañv meñ zanjīr kī sūrat hai varna ham
zamīñ ko chhoḌ kar ik ḳhitta-e-shādāb meñ hote
samundar ko bipharte dekh kar ye jī meñ aatā hai
kabhī ham bhī muqayyad sho.ala-e-mahtāb meñ hote
hameñ bhī kyā zarūrī thā ta.alluq duniyā-dāroñ se
agar ham aap apne halqa-e-ahbāb meñ hote