aa ke salasil ai junun kyun na qadam le baad-e-qais
us ka bhi hum ne silsila az-sar-e-nau bapa kiya

aa ai 'asar' mulazim-e-sarkar-e-girya ho
yan juz guhar khazane mein tankhwah hi nahin

aa umr-e-rafta hashr ke dam-kham bhi dekh len
tufan-e-zindagi ki wo halchal utha to la

aabaad mujh mein tere siwa aur kaun hai?
tujh se bichhad raha hun tujhe kho nahin raha

aae kuchh abr kuchh sharab aae
is ke baad aae jo azab aae

aae bhi wo chale bhi gae yan kise khabar
hairan hun main khayal hai ye ya ki khwab hai

aaankhon mein damak utthi hai taswir-e-dar-o-baam
ye kaun gaya mere barabar se nikal kar

aadam ka jism jab ki anasir se mil bana
kuchh aag bach rahi thi so aashiq ka dil bana

aa gai yaad sham dhalte hi
bujh gaya dil charagh jalte hi

aadat se lachaar hai aadat nai ajib
jis din khaya pet bhar soya nahin gharib

aae to yun ki jaise hamesha the mehrban
bhule to yun ki goya kabhi aashna na the

aadat ke baad dard bhi dene laga maza
hans hans ke aah aah kiye ja raha hun main

aa ke ab jangal mein ye uqda khula
bhediye padhte nahin hain falsafa

aa shitabi sin wagarna majlis-e-ushshaq mein
zulm hai gham hai qayamat hai kharabi ai sanam

aaegi hum ko ras na yak-rangi-e-khala
ahl-e-zamin hain hum hamein din raat chahiye

aa hi jata wo rah par 'ghaalib'
koi din aur bhi jiye hote

aadmi se aadmi ki jab na hajat ho rawa
kyun khuda hi ki kare itni na phir yaad aadmi

aadat hi bana li hai tum ne to 'munir' apni
jis shahr mein bhi rahna uktae hue rahna

aadatan tum ne kar diye wade
aadatan hum ne e'tibar kiya

aa gaya 'jauhar' ajab ulta zamana kya kahen
dost wo karte hain baaten jo adu karte nahin

aae jo chand tinke qafas mein saba ke sath
main ne unhin ko apna nasheman samajh liya

aa ke patthar to mere sehn mein do-chaar gire
jitne us ped ke phal the pas-e-diwar gire

aa rahi hai ye sada kan mein viranon se
kal ki hai baat ki aabaad the diwanon se

aadmi ko ghaflat-e-duniya nahin deti najat
subh jo chaunka hua masruf isi saman mein

aadmi ke pas sab kuchh hai magar
ek tanha aadamiyyat hi nahin