Twenty couplets on living — zindagi weighed, wagered and wondered at.
hungaama hai kyun barpa thoRi si jo pee li hai
daaka to nahin daala chori to nahin ki hai
rahta sukhan se naam qayaamat talak hai
ye zinda-jaaved hai vo murda-zabaan nahin
qaum ke gham mein dinner khaate hain hukkaam ke saath
ranj leader ko bahut hai magar aaraam ke saath
ye dard-e-jawaani bhi ajab rang dikhaata hai
har gham mein bhi ik chaashni si ghuli rehti hai
main ek musaafir hoon meri manzil koi nahin
har raah meri hai aur har ghar mera nahin
din bhar ki mehnat ke baad jab roTi nazar aati hai
to mazdoor ke haathon mein puri kaaynaat aati hai
raah ke saathi mil jaayein to safar aasaan lagta hai
akela chalne waala har manzil ko door paata hai
safar hai shart musaafir nawaaz bahtere
hazaaron saal se rahbar bhi hain rahzan bhi
ye chaman yun hi rahega aur hazaaron jaanvar
apni apni boliyaan sab bol kar uR jaayenge
vatan ki raah mein jo sar kaTaaye jaate hain
unhi ke naam se ye baagh muskuraate hain
ik muamma hai samajhne ka na samjhaane ka
zindagi kaahe ko hai khwaab hai deewaane ka
duniya meri bala jaane mehngi hai ya sasti
main khud bhi to nahin apna khareedaar zindagi
mashq-e-sukhan jaari chakki ki mashaqqat bhi rahi
ik turfa tamaasha hai Hasrat ki tabiyat bhi rahi
zindagi apni isi shauq mein guzri Nasikh
aaj vo aaye ki kal aaye ki parson aaye
ham ko miTa sake ye zamaane mein dam nahin
ham se zamaana khud hai zamaane se ham nahin
kuchh ishq kiya kuchh kaam kiya
vo log bahut khush-qismat the
shahr so jaata hai par uski roshni nahin soti
har khiRki ek jaagti hui aankh ki tarah hoti hai
ham naye log hain puraane dard naye andaaz mein
vahi tanhai vahi gham bas naam badal gaya
sun to sahi jahaan mein hai tera fasaana kya
kehti hai tujh ko khalq-e-khuda ghaaibaana kya
zindagi hai ya koi toofan hai
ham to is jeene ke haathon mar chale