ek baat par bigde gae na jo umr-bhar mile
us se tariq sulh ke kya sulh-gar mile

baham suluk tha pa tere daur-husn mein
ye rasm uth gai ki bashar se bashar mile

dil mahw-e-chashm-e-yar tha bimar ho gaya
kuchh un parstishon ka bhi aakhir samar mile

ai nala tu ne sath diya aah ka to kya
ummid kya asar ki jo du be-asar mile

sadma jigar pe pahunche to ho dil mein kyun na dard
kya farq kuchh juda nahin hain dil jigar mile

hum ko hamare tal-e-bad ne dubo diya
achchhe the gar nasib to kyun chashm-e-tar mile

dhoun sad-ab-e-tegh se ai pamba jo kabhu
daman se tere daman dagh-e-jigar mile

ummid-e-bu mein us ki mile yun saba se hum
jis tarah be-khabar se koi be-khabar mile

jo kuchh na dekhna tha so wo dekhna pada
us bewafa se pahle the kya dekh kar mile

dekhe hunar jo apne hi wo jaane us ka kaam
hum ko to aib dekh ke apne hunar mile

mehr-e-jahan-faroz dikha dun jabin ko main
gar sang-e-astana-e-khairul-bashar mile

milne se us ki ghatti hai kya teri shan-e-husn
'azurda' khasta-jaan bhi mile tu agar mile