kaise kata ye shab ka safar dekhna bhi hai
bujhte diye ne waqt-e-sahar dekhna bhi hai

be-nam chahaton ka asar dekhna bhi hai
shakh-e-nazar pe husn-e-samar dekhna bhi hai

ab ke use qarib se chhuna bhi hai zarur
patthar hai aaina ki guhar dekhna bhi hai

ye shahr chhodna hai magar us se peshtar
us bewafa ko ek nazar dekhna bhi hai

in aansuon ke sath basarat hi bah na jae
itna na ro ai dida-e-tar dekhna bhi hai

mumkin nahin hai us ko lagatar dekhna
ruk ruk ke us ko dekh agar dekhna bhi hai

manzar hai dil-kharash magar dil ka kya karen
go dekhna nahin hai magar dekhna bhi hai

is aas par khade hain ki ek bar 'yusufi'
us ne zara palat ke idhar dekhna bhi hai