har waqt satata hai sudhar kyun nahin jata
wo soch ke parde se utar kyun nahin jata

kuchh log mohalle ke yahi soch rahe hain
gar hosh pe qaem hun to ghar kyun nahin jata

jis samt rawan hain ye dhuan dhul musafir
us samt mera zauq-e-safar kyun nahin jata

har ahd-e-mohabbat pe pasheman hai wo aakhir
kyun uzr tarashe hai mukar kyun nahin jata

ek khauf sa dushman ki safon pe hai musallat
sar kat chuke hain to main mar kyun nahin jata

aflak se aai thi nida kaun khada hai
gardan bhi kati hai to bikhar kyon nahin jata

zinda hai agar zindagi ne phul bichhae
marna hai to phir maut ka dar kyun nahin jata

kyun yaad ki chaukhat pe sar-e-am khada hai
us khali makan se tu guzar kyon nahin jata

mana ki tu rakhta hai ajab ek udasi
us bahr-e-aziyyat se bikhar kyon nahin jata

ye hijr simatta hi hijr phailta jae
khairaat se teri ye asar kyon nahin jata

tanha to nahin zist ki rahon mein khalil ab
phir us ka muqaddar bhi sanwar kyun nahin jata