jis jagah āgahī muqayyad hai

us jagah zindagī muqayyad hai

bujh rahe haiñ gulāb se chehre

kyā yahāñ tāzgī muqayyad hai

chāñd jis kā tavāf kartā thā

ab vahāñ ḳhaak sī muqayyad hai

ek arzī liye maiñ hāzir huuñ

munsifā raushnī muqayyad hai

ḳhāk-e-karbal meñ aaj bhī logo

ik ajab tishnagī muqayyad hai

kachche ghar ke nasīb meñ 'bābar'

jā-ba-jā ḳhastagī muqayyad hai