apni to koi baat banae nahin bani
kuchh hum na kah sake to kuchh us ne nahin suni

yun to chahaar samt hai apne hisar-e-shab
hum tirgi ko chhed ke late hain raushni

nadida manzaron se tarashe hain khwab zar
kab dar-khur-e-nigah koi manzar hai didani

ochha tha war us ka magar hum na bach sake
kisi zahr mein bujhai thi us shakhs ne ani

har-dil-aziz wo bhi hai hum bhi hain khush-mizaj
ab kya bataen kaise hamari nahin bani

auron ki tarah hum bhi magar jhel jaenge
sab zindagi samajhte hain jis ko wo jaan-kani

'bilqis' apni baat to sab se alag rahi
na-guftani suni hai kahi na-shunidani