ajab kashakash-e-bim-o-raja hai tanhai tere baghair tera samna hai tanhai nae dinon ki saliben gae dinon ke mazar azab khud se mulaqat ka hai tanhai faza mein hain kisi tufan-e-tund ke aasar safar tawil hai aur rasta hai tanhai bahut udas hai dil doston ki mahfil mein har ek aankh mein chehra-numa hai tanhai shagufta phulon ka gul-dasta sohbat-e-yaran bikharte patton ka ek dher sa hai tanhai main aaftab ko kaise dikhaun tariki tujhe main kaise bataun ki kya hai tanhai ajab sukun tha shab aansuon ki barish mein wo gham-gusar wo dard-ashna hai tanhai wo khwab kya tha ki jis ki hayat hai tabir wo jurm kya tha ki jis ki saza hai tanhai nahin mile the to tanhai kis qadar thi 'ziya' wo mil ke bichhde to us se siwa hai tanhai