ab to hujum-e-yas ki kuchh intiha nahin
yani mujhe umid ka bhi aasra nahin

kab hum se be-dilon pe nigah-e-jafa nahin
hum khub jaante hain ki tu be-wafa nahin

ai rashk-e-parda-soz shikayat ki ja nahin
wo bazm-e-naz hai dil-e-be-muddaa nahin

dikhlae phir khuda na wo mayusiyon ke din
hota tha ye khayal ki hai ya khuda nahin

allah-re be-niyazi-e-asudagan-e-khwab
is qurb par kisi se koi bolta nahin

aati hai zarre zarre se aawaz-e-bazgasht
phir bhi ye kah raha hai abhi kuchh kaha nahin

wo khud bhi dafn ho gai ahl-e-wafa ke sath
be-kar dhundhta hai jahan mein wafa nahin

hai jalwa-rez bazm-e-tasawwur jamal-e-yar
ai shauq-e-did ab ye taghaful rawa nahin

sadqe tere karam ke na de zahmat-e-sawal
kashkol hai faqir ka dast-e-dua nahin

mahrumiyon se zauq hai majburiyon se ishq
main kaamyab hun ye mera muddaa nahin

wo did-ha-e-shauq ki dekhen tera jamal
kis ka bahisht kuchh bhi unhen dikhta nahin

kyon us ke chumte hi na mearaj ho nasib
'bekhud' khuda ka hath hai dast-e-dua nahin