**meri zindagi pe na muskara mujhe zindagi ka ilm nahi
jisse tere ghum se ho Vasta wo khaza-n bahaar se kum nahi
mujhe raas aay khuda karay ye ashtaba ki sa-tein
inhein aetbaar-e-Wafa tu hai mujhe aetbaar-e-sitam nahi
wohi karwa-n, wohi raste, wohi manzelein, wohi marhalay
mgr apne apne maQam per kabhi tum nahi kabhi hum nahi
na wo shan-e-jabr shabab hai na wo rung-e-Qehr-e-ataab hai
dil-e-beQarar pe hai in dinon sitam yehi k sitam nahi
na fana meri na baQa meri mujhe aay shakeel na dhoondeye
mae kissi ka husn-e-khiyaal hoon mera kuch wajood-e-adam nahi
**