ai mushfiq-e-man is haal mein tum kis tarah basar farmaoge
anjaan bane chup baithoge aur jaan ke dhoke khaoge

tum apne ghar ke andhere mein kya dekhte ho diwaron ko
ye shama ki surat jalna kya aaegi hawa bujh jaoge

jin jhute sachche khwabon ki tabir gham-e-tanhai hai
un jhute sachche khwabon se tum kab tak dil bahlaoge

in dida-o-dil ki rahon par tum kis ki talash mein phirte ho
jo khona tha so kho baithe kya dhundoge kya paoge

chhodo bhi purani baaton ko jo dil par biti bit gai
afsurda-dili se tum kab tak har mahfil ko garmaoge

tum khalwat-e-gham se niklo to is shahr mein aise log bhi hain
ek bar jo un ko dekhoge to dekhte hi rah jaoge

kuchh gard-e-safar ke rishte se kuchh naqsh-e-qadam ke nate se
jis rah se guzroge yaro hum ko bhi wahin tum paoge

mumkin hi nahin hai lafzon mein is husn ki ho tafsir koi
jab aankh khule khamosh raho kya samjhoge samjhaoge

jo pahle the hum wo aaj bhi hain pahchan hamari aasan hai
tum rup badal kar lakh phiro par kis kis ko jhutlaoge