badan hai sabz aur shadab lekin ruh pyasi hai
mere andar hazaron banjh pedon ki udasi hai

kisi ke dil se ab jazbaat ka rishta nahin qaem
hansi bhi maslahat-amez aansu bhi siyasi hai

pae-izhaar kuchh aisa nahin hai jo anokha ho
har ek jazba purana hai har ek ehsas basi hai

hamein har waqt ye ehsas daman-gir rahta hai
pade hain dher sare kaam aur mohlat zara si hai

simat kar rah gai hai wusat-e-duniya hatheli bhar
hamara masala ab bhi hamari khud-shanasi hai

laga hun main 'talab' is sach ko jhutlane mein barson se
main kal aaqa tha jis ka ab mere bete ki dasi hai