pā-e-talab kī manzil ab tak vahī galī hai
āġhāz bhī yahī thā anjām bhī yahī hai
jis dāstān-e-ġham kā unvān raushnī hai
har lafz kī siyāhī ḳhud muñh se boltī hai
tarz-e-tapāk qaa.em lutf-e-nazar vahī hai
lekin ye vāqi.a hai phir bhī koī kamī hai
un kī nazar se dil kī ye bahs ho rahī hai
kyā chiiz zindagī meñ maqsūd-e-zindagī hai
har laġhzish-e-bashar par tanqīd karne vaalo
tum ye bhulā chuke ho insān aadmī hai
ye sāzish-e-taġhayyur hai kitnī jān-levā
mujh ko jagā ke merī taqdīr so ga.ī hai
haañ mere vāste hai taḳhsīs kā ye pahlū
duniyā samajh rahī hai andāz-e-be-ruḳhī hai
mumkin nahīñ ki dāman be-dāġh ho kisī kā
sach pūchhiye to duniyā kājal kī koTharī hai
tābinda har-nafas hai ummīd kī badaulat
mehrāb-e-zindagī meñ ik sham.a jal rahī hai
dekhe to koī shān-e-sahar-e-nigāh-e-sāqī
sāġhar meñ khiñch ke rūh-e-mai-e-ḳhāna aa ga.ī hai
vabasta-e-nafas hai nazm-o-nizām-e-hastī
ya.anī havā pe qaa.em buniyād=-e-zindagī hai
kab tak ye ḳhvāb-e-ġhaflat jaago 'urūj' jaago
ab dhuup baḌhte baḌhte sar par hī aa ga.ī hai