مختصر زندگی

 Mukhtasar zindagi la~mahdood hasrat 

Chandi si raton me sone ki khaslat 

Phir a'ish-o-ishrat k khuwab mere

Zameen pe hi dhundun sari a'ish-o-ishrat 

Tarjeeh baz-e-nazar ya udan-e-shaheen ko dun?

Ke jisme shaoor-o-nazar aur baseerat bhi hon 

Mile khak me namwar ko jo sochun 

Jahan chhod dun kyun dekhun zarurat ?

 

Zamane me dhal jaun ya manaun apni qis'mat  

Ya phir befikri me yunhi guzarun sari muhlat 

Tazkirah karun sabki k surat ya seerat 

Ya dhundun jahan me if'at-o-shohrat ?

Mukhtasar zindagi ,   la~mahdood hasrat 

Sab kuchh yahin mil jaye yeh kaisi chahat 

Sawalon k darmiya jo uljaya yun aapko

Mim se muhabbat or muhabbat se ma'zrat.