khat bahut us ke padhe hain kabhi dekha nahin hai
kya mere parda-nashin ka koi chehra nahin hai

shahr itna bhi na kar zulm ki zid par aa jaun
mera sahra se talluq abhi tuta nahin hai

kya dikhata hai mere nam pe aaina-e-shahr
muddaton se mera apna koi chehra nahin hai

jism ki pyas ko huron ki bashaarat pe na tal
ye hamara dil-e-sada koi bachcha nahin hai

kuchh nahin tishnagi-e-dida-e-bina ka ilaj
khwab tak mein bhi koi surat-e-dariya nahin hai

kab mujhe tujh se mohabbat hai urus-e-duniya
azdawaji sa ye rishta koi rishta nahin hai

'farhat-ehsas' naya chahiye us ko har raat
magar afsos ki us sa koi paida nahin hai