ik aalam-e-hairat hai fanaa hai na baqaa hai 
hairat bhii ye hai ki kyaa jaaniye kyaa hai 

sau baar jalaa hai to ye sau baar banaa hai 
ham soKhtaa jaano.n kaa nasheman bhii balaa hai 

hoTho.n pe tabassum hai ki ek barq-e-balaa hai 
aa.nkho.n kaa ishaaraa hai ki sailaab-e-fanaa hai 

sunataa huu.N ba.De gaur se afasaanaa-e-hastii 
kuchh Khvaab hai kuchh asl hai kuchh tarz-e-adaa hai 

hai tere tasavvur se yahaa.N nuur kii baarish 
ye jaan-e-hazii.n hai ki shabistaan-e-hiraa hai