is tarah eatibar karte rahe
sari hasti nisar karte rahe

dil jalaya kiye diye ki jagah
ranj-o-gham aashkar karte rahe

meri chahat ko aazmaya kiye
be-rukhi ikhtiyar karte rahe

hum to ahd-e-wafa nibhaya kiye
wo hamein sharmsar karte rahe

un se izhaar-e-gham gunah hi sahi
hum use bar bar karte rahe

kaisa wada kiya tha aane ka
aaj tak intizar karte rahe

phul kumhla gae chaman ke magar
log jashn-e-bahaar karte rahe

hum tadapte rahe 'ada' har dam
chashm-e-gham ashk-bar karte rahe