fikr-e-uqba hai mujhe khwahish-e-duniya hai mujhe
aish ki dhun hai mujhe maut ka dhadka hai mujhe

maut kahte hain jise zabt ki takmil na ho
ki tanaffus pe bhi fariyaad ka dhoka hai mujhe

husn wo chahiye jo ishq ka aaina bane
yani apne liye apni hi tamanna hai mujhe

tum na ghabrao mujhe tum se koi kaam nahin
apni khwahish hai mujhe apni tamanna hai mujhe

ye to malum nahin un ka irada kya hai
han nigah-e-ghalat-andaz se dekha hai mujhe

hijr ki shab udhar allah idhar wo but hai
dekhna ye hai ki ab kaun bulata hai mujhe

ek but ek hi but ka hun pujari 'akhtar'
apne is shirk pe tauhid ka dawa hai mujhe