itna aasan nahin masnad pe bithaya gaya main
shahr-e-tohmat teri galiyon mein phiraya gaya main

mere hone se yahan aai hai pani ki bahaar
shakh-e-girya tha sar-e-dasht lagaya gaya main

ye to ab ishq mein ji lagne laga hai kuchh kuchh
is taraf pahle-pahal gher ke laya gaya main

khub itna tha ki diwar pakad kar nikla
us se milne ke liye surat-e-saya gaya main

tujh se kuchh kahne ki himmat hi nahin thi warna
ek muddat teri dahliz tak aaya gaya main

khalwat-e-khas mein bulwane se pahle 'tabish'
aam logon mein bahut der bithaya gaya main