jahāñ hote kisī chashm-e-sitāra-yāb meñ hote

ham aise log har lahza hisār-e-āb meñ hote

to phir ham par bhī khultā husn tere āriz-o-lab kā

agar kuchh aur chehre bhī hamāre ḳhvāb meñ hote

ye miTTī paañv meñ zanjīr kī sūrat hai varna ham

zamīñ ko chhoḌ kar ik ḳhitta-e-shādāb meñ hote

samundar ko bipharte dekh kar ye jī meñ aatā hai

kabhī ham bhī muqayyad sho.ala-e-mahtāb meñ hote

hameñ bhī kyā zarūrī thā ta.alluq duniyā-dāroñ se

agar ham aap apne halqa-e-ahbāb meñ hote