batata hai mujhe aaina kaisi be-rukhi se
ki main mahrum hota ja raha hun raushni se

kise ilzam dun main raegan hone ka apne
ki sare faisle main ne kiye khud hi khushi se

har-ik lamhe mujhe rahti hai taza ek shikayat
kabhi tujh se kabhi khud se kabhi is zindagi se

mujhe kal tak bahut khwahish thi khud se guftugu ki
main chhupta phir raha hun aaj apne-ap hi se

wo be-kaifi ka aalam hai ki dil ye chahta hai
kahin ru-posh ho jaun achanak khamushi se

sukun-e-khana-e-dil ke liye kuchh guftugu kar
ajab hangama barpa hai teri lab-bastagi se

talluq ki yahi surat rahegi kya hamesha
main ab ukta chuka hun teri is waraftagi se

jo chahe wo sitam mujh par rawa rakkhe ye duniya
mujhe yun bhi tawaqqoa ab nahin kuchh bhi kisi se

tere hone na hone par kabhi phir soch lunga
abhi to main pareshan hun khud apni hi kami se

raha wo multafit meri taraf aur in dinon mein
khud apni samt dekhe ja raha be-khudi se

koi khush-fikr sa taza-sukhan bhi darmiyan rakh
kahan tak dil ko bahlaun main teri dilkashi se

karam tera ki ye mohlat mujhe kuchh din ki bakhshi
magar main tujh se rukhsat chahta hun aaj hi se

wo din bhi the tujhe main walihana dekhta tha
ye din bhi hain tujhe main dekhta hun bebasi se

abhi 'irfan' aankhon ko bahut kuchh dekhna hai
tumhein be-rang kyun lagne laga hai sab abhi se