de ke ehsas-e-tamanna ka bas ek jam mujhe
kar diya kis ne rahin-e-gham-e-ayyam mujhe

kam se kam tum to na dete koi ilzam mujhe
main ne mangi ki mili qismat-e-nakaam mujhe

muddaa ye hai ki dam bhar na mile dil ko qarar
bheje jate hain jo paigham pe paigham mujhe

ab to ehsas-e-tamanna bhi hai bar-e-khatir
kis jagah la ke ye chhoda dil-e-nakaam mujhe

har tamanna hai meri un ka taqaza goya
main wahi kahta hun hota hai jo ilham mujhe

un ka 'ashufta' karam rah-numa tha warna
chalna mushkil tha rah-e-ishq mein do-gam mujhe