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 jaanon kaa nasheman bhii balaa hai

hoThon pe tabassum hai ki ek barq-e-balaa hai

aa.nkhon kaa ishaaraa hai ki sailaab-e-fanaa hai

sunataa huuN baDe gaur se afasaanaa-e-hastii

kuchh Khvaab hai kuchh asl hai kuchh tarz-e-adaa hai

hai tere tasavvur se yahaaN nuur kii baarish

ye jaan-e-haziin hai ki shabistaan-e-hiraa hai