har ek shakhs ko dushman agar banaoge
mizaj puchhne wala kahan se laoge

jo sab ko apne hi mear par parakhte rahe
to zindagi mein kise ham-safar banaoge

yahan to har koi chehre pe chehre rakhta hai
utha ke pahlu se kis ko kise bithaoge

tumhein usul tumhaare hi mar dalenge
na apne aap ko in se agar bachaoge

charagh jalne lagenge tumhaari rahon mein
jo dusron ke gharon mein diye jalaoge

ye ahd tum se agar ho sake to kar lena
hamare baad kisi ka na dil dikhaoge

nahin jhukoge agar ek khuda ke aage tum
na jaane kitne daron par ye sar jhukaoge

wo tum se ruth gai jo makan ki raunaq thi
gharib-khane ko ab kis liye sajaoge

supurd-e-khak to kar aae man ko tum 'athar'
ghamon ki dhup mein saya kahan se paoge

ye be-hison ki hai basti to phir 'shakil' yahan
sadaqaton ka kise aaina dikhaoge