bikhra pada tha ja-ba-ja kachra wajud ka
hum chhod aae us gali malba wajud ka

har roz mang mang ke leta hun sans bhi
badhta hi ja raha hai ye qarza wajud ka

kitni shikast-o-rekht hui kuchh nahin pata
mujh ko mila nahin abhi qabza wajud ka

taza hawa na raushni na baam-o-dar na chhat
mujh ko samajh na aa saka naqsha wajud ka

ek umr ho gai use khali pade hue
bigda hua hai is liye huliya wajud ka

kuchh kadwe ghunt chahiyen har raat us ko ab
yun aur badh gaya hai ye kharcha wajud ka

mere sabab ye khal-o-khad us ke bigad gae
sunta hun subh sham ye tana wajud ka

tum hi batao kaise chala us ka silsila
mujh ko to mil saka nahin shajara wajud ka

ek sher-fahm shakhs ki khwahish pe dosto
lo hum ne likh diya hai ye nauha wajud ka

jun jun main sochta hun takhayyul mein us ka lams
kuchh aur badhta jata hai nashsha wajud ka

meri to ek baat bhi sunta nahin ye dil
hathon mein ab nahin raha bachcha wajud ka

'danish' main tang aa gaya is bad-mizaj se
sanbhle nahin sanbhalta hai ghussa wajud ka