matam-e-did hai didar ka khwahan hona
jis qadar dekhna utna hi pasheman hona

sakht dushwar hai aasan ka aasan hona
khun-e-fursat hai yahan sar-ba-gareban hona

tera diwana to wahshat ki bhi had se nikla
ki bayaban ko bhi chahe hai bayaban hona

kucha-e-ghair mein kyun kar na banaun ghar ko
meri aabaadi se aabaad hai viran hona

khak-e-wahshi se agar rabt hai thokar ko teri
daur-e-daman se nahin daur-e-gareban hona

na wo khun hi hai jigar mein na wo rone ka dimagh
mil gaya khak mein har ashk ka tufan hona

ji ka ji hi mein raha harf-e-tamanna afsos
kahna kuchh aap hi aur aap pasheman hona

dil se andaz-e-shikan zulf ne sab jama kiye
chhed kar us ko kahin tu na pareshan hona

tujh ko arman-e-kharabi hai jo ai dehli aur
sikh ja ghar mein mere rah ke bayaban hona

dil hai ek qatra-e-khun jis pe ye sina zori
kuchh samajhta hi nahin ham-saf-e-mizhgan hona

mujh mein kuchh tab ho ai jaan to main be-tab rahun
warna dushwar hai is raaz ka pinhan hona

yaad-e-mizhgan se idhar zakhm-e-jigar par khana
aur udhar shorish-e-dil se namak-afshan hona

aaj wo waqt 'qalaq' par hai ki jun ibn-e-khalil
ghair taslim nahin qatl ka aasan hona