Kaun kahataa hai ke maut aaii to mar jaunga

Kaun kahataa hai ke maut aaii to mar jaunga
Main to dariya hun samandar mein utar jaungaa

Tera dar chhor ke main aur kidhar jaungaa
Ghar mein ghir jaunga sahara mein bikhar jaungaa

Tere pahaluu se jo uThuu.Ngaa to mushkil ye hai
Sirf ik shaKhs ko paunga jidhar jaungaa

Ab tere shahar mein aaunga musaafir kii tarah
Saayaa-e-abr kii maanind guzar jaungaa

Teraa paimaan-e-vafaa raah kii diivaar banaa
Varna socha tha ke jab chahunga mar jaungaa

Chaaraasaazon se alag hai meraa mayaar ke main
ZaKhm khaunga to kuch aur sanvar jaungaa

Ab to Khurshiid ko Dube hue sadiyan guzarin
Ab use Dhudhane main taa-ba-sahar jaungaa

Zindagi shamma ki manind jalata hun `Nadeem`
Bujh to jaunga magar subah to kar jaungaa