ye kam-baḳht ik jahān-e-ārzū hai — Riyaz Khairabadi

hindostāñ meñ dhuum hai kis kī zabān kī
vo kaun hai 'riyāz' ko jo jāntā nahīñ

itnī pī hai ki ba.ad-e-tauba bhī
be-piye be-ḳhudī sī rahtī hai

bach jaa.e javānī meñ jo duniyā kī havā se
hotā hai farishta koī insāñ nahīñ hotā

haa.e zanjīr-shikan vo kashish-e-fasl-e-bahār
aur zindāñ se nikalnā tire dīvāne kā

sayyād terā ghar mujhe jannat sahī magar
jannat se bhī sivā mujhe rāhat chaman meñ thī

muflisoñ kī zindagī kā zikr kyā
muflisī kī maut bhī achchhī nahīñ

Dil dhoondta hai phir wahi fursat-e-shab-o-roz
Naaz uthana, naaz uthana, naaz uthana

ranjish hī sahī dil hī dukhāne ke liye aa
aa phir se mujhe chhoḌ ke jaane ke liye aa

maiñ bhī ruk ruk ke na martā jo zabāñ ke badle
dashna ik tez sā hotā mire ġham-ḳhvār ke paas

dost-dār-e-dushman hai e'timād-e-dil ma.alūm
aah be-asar dekhī naala nā-rasā paayā

andāz-e-bayāñ garche bahut shoḳh nahīñ hai
shāyad ki utar jaa.e tire dil meñ mirī baat

baḌe baḌe ġham khaḌe hue the rasta roke rāhoñ meñ
chhoTī chhoTī ḳhushiyoñ se hī ham ne dil ko shaad kiyā