har aane wale pal se dar raha hun
kin andeshon mein ghir kar rah gaya hun

kisi pyasi nadi ki bad-dua hun
samundar tha magar sahra hua hun

bas ab anjam kya hai ye bata do
bahut lambi kahani ho gaya hun

wahi mere liye ab ajnabi hain
main jin ke sath sadiyon tak raha hun

koi anhoni ho jaegi jaise
main ab aisi hi baaten sochta hun

khadi ho maut darwaze pe jaise
main ghar mein hun magar sahma hua hun

abhi kuchh der pahle chup lagi thi
tumhein hamdard pa kar ro diya hun

main koi shahr hun sadiyon purana
hazaron bar ujda hun basa hun

mera ab koi mustaqbil nahin hai
main ab mazi mein apne ji raha hun

mujhe shayad bhula pae na duniya
main apne ahd ka ek hadsa hun

salamat hun ba-zahir lekin 'arshad'
main andar se bahut tuta hua hun