har chand sine mein dil-e-kufr-ashna nahin
main us ko pujta hun jo mera khuda nahin

wo meri zindagi hai magar zindagi ki tarah
mujh se khafa nahin hai ki wo bewafa nahin

kya kya na apne sath zamanon ko lai hai
wo ek nigah jis se koi aashna nahin

shayad main khak-dan ke dhuen ki lakir hun
wo mujh ko dekhta hai magar puchhta nahin

gunj us ki aaj bhi mere khalwat-kade mein hai
wo naghma jis ko tu ne dobara suna nahin

un raston ki gard meri zindagi pe hai
jin raston pe main kabhi 'akhtar' chala nahin