kanton ki mayyat mein badi der raha hai
jis shakhs ki baaton mein gulabon ka asar hai

manzil abhi aage hai ki chhod aaya hun pichhe
muddat se safar mein hun mujhe itni khabar hai

shohrat ki talab hai ki hai izhaar ka chaska
ye kasb-e-sataish hai ki phir kasb-e-hunar hai

tu baala hai rutbe mein so main man raha hun
haalanki teri baat ka panw hai na sar hai

ai yar bata kuchh to mohabbat ki haqiqat
makdi ka ye jala hai ki phir dam-e-nazar hai

ikhlas hi bais tha talluq ka hamare
lekin wo mere hamdam-e-derina kidhar hai

main yar samajhta hun zamana tujhe ham-raaz
tu ek zamane se idhar hai na udhar hai

kis mod pe le aai hai ab teri mohabbat
jab tere bichhadne mein nafa hai na zarar hai

'jazib' nahin khilte hain bagulon mein saman to
aur tu ki tamannai-e-eajaz-e-nazar hai