jise main samajhta hun qatil yahi hai
mohabbat isi se hai mushkil yahi hai

adawat hui barq se baghban se
nasheman banane ka hasil yahi hai

tadapna barabar tadapte hi rahna
tere dar pe andaz-e-bismil yahi hai

bahut dur manzil magar har qadam par
thakan ka taqaza ki manzil yahi hai

mere qatl ka zikr hai aur wo chup hai
khamoshi na kah de ki qatil yahi hai

mujhe to hansi apne gham par na aati
magar kya karun rang-e-mahfil yahi hai

wahan se 'iram' hum hata lae kashti
yahan ye samajhna tha sahil yahi hai