ye kya jagah hai dosto ye kaun sa dayar hai

hadd-e-nigah tak jahan gubaar hi gubaar hai

ye kis mukaam par hayaat mujh ko leke aa gai

na bas Khushi pe hai jahan na gam pe iKhtiyar hai

tamaam umr ka hisaab maangati hai zindagi

ye mera dil kahe to kya ye Khud se sharm saar hai

bulaa raha kya koi chilamanon ke us taraf

mere liye bhi kyaa koi udaas beqaraar hai

na jis ki shakl hai koi na jis ka naam hai koi

ik aisi shai kaa kyon hamen azal se intazaar hai