jaan di kis ke liye hum ye bataen kis ko
kaun kya bhul gaya yaad dilaen kis ko

jurm ki tarah mohabbat ko chhupa rakkha hai
hum gunahgar nahin hain ye bataen kis ko

ruth jate to manana koi dushwar na tha
wo talluq hi na rakkhen to manaen kis ko

kaun deta hai yahan khwab-e-junun ki tabir
khwab hum apne sunaen to sunaen kis ko

koi pursan-e-wafa hai na pashiman-e-jafa
zakhm hum apne dikhaen to dikhaen kis ko

chaak-e-dil chaak-e-gareban to nahin ham-nafaso
hum ye taswir sar-e-bazm dikhaen kis ko

kaun is shahar mein sunta hai fughan-e-durwesh
apni aashufta-bayani se rulaen kis ko

ho gaya khak rah-e-ku-e-malamat 'akhtar'
rah par laen jo ahbab to laen kis ko