jab tak aasudgi nahin hoti
zindagi zindagi nahin hoti

khun-e-dil de ke dekh to kaise
shakh-e-hasrat hari nahin hoti

chand ko chandni ata kar di
mere ghar raushni nahin hoti

kis ada se wo aate hain dil mein
dil ko bhi aagahi nahin hoti

gumrahi rahnuma hai manzil ki
gumrahi gumrahi nahin hoti

dar par chadh to jaen chadhne se
zindagi sarmadi nahin hoti

main jalata hun sham-e-dil 'ahsan'
hae kyon raushni nahin hoti