his nahin tadap nahin bab-e-ata bhi kyun khule
hum hain girafta-dil abhi hum se saba bhi kyun khule

ab ye udas din hamein sath liye liye phire
khwab bujhe to kya raha kali ghata bhi kyun khule

dil ka koi ziyan nahin jaan ka moamla nahin
hath mein ek diya nahin mauj-e-hawa bhi kyun khule

yan kisi rahguzar pe kuchh naqsh-e-qadam pade rahe
qasid-e-khush-khabar nahin shahr-e-saba bhi kyun khule

umr tamam kat di hasrat-e-kakh-o-ku liye
mere tumhaare samne arz-o-sama bhi kyun khule

kuza-ba-kuza bat gain jitni bhi thin sadaqaten
khali hatheliyon pe ab harf-e-dua bhi kyun khule

shiddat-e-raqs-e-arzu apna jawaz aap thi
meri nigah par 'ada' meri khata bhi kyun khule