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