Ik alam-e-hairat hai fana hai na baqa hai, 
hairat bhi ye hai k kya janiye kya hai, 
sao bar jala hai to ye sao bar bana hai, 
hum sokhta jano'n ka nasheman bhi bala hai, 
hontho'n pe tabassum hai ke ek barq-e-bala hai, 
ankhoo ka ishara hai ke sailab-e-fana hai, 
sunta hoon bare gorr se afsana-e-hasti, 
kuch Khwab hai kuch asl hai kuch tarz-e-ada hai, 
hai tere tasawor se yaha noor ki barish, 
ye jan-e-hazi hai ke shabistan-e-hira hai.