raunaq-e-bazm-e-jahaan kuchh bhi nahin tere bagair
subh ka rang-e-fishaan kuchh bhi nahin tere bagair
ki basti ujdi ujdi shaam-e-tanhaai mein hai
raahat-e-jaan-o-makaan kuchh bhi nahin tere bagair
main ne dhoonda har gali har kuu-e-shahr-e-
ye zameen ye aasmaan kuchh bhi nahin tere bagair
intezaar-e-deed mein ye chashm patthar ho gayi
ab koi raah-e-amaan kuchh bhi nahin tere bagair
sauda likhe ye marsiya apni judaai ka magar
harf-e-tasveer-e-bayaan kuchh bhi nahin tere bagair
gul phenke hain auron ki taraf balke samar bhi
ae khaana-bar-andaaz-e-chaman kuchh to idhar bhi
fikr-e-maash ishq-e-butaan yaad-e-raftagaan
is zindagi mein ab koi kya kya kiya kare
sarsari tum jahaan se guzre
warna har jaa jahaan-e-deegar tha
gulshan mein band qafas mein chaman ki yaad aati hai
wo din jo guzre the aazaadi mein bahut yaad aate hain
ishq ne zaalim tujhe kis raah par daala hai
na khuda hi mila na visaal-e-sanam
nigaah-e-naaz ne parde uthaaye hain kya kya
hijaab-e-husn mein chhupte hain raaz kya kya