khali khali raston pe be-karan udasi hai
jism ke tamashe mein ruh pyasi pyasi hai

khwab aur tamanna ka kya hisab rakhna hai
khwahishen hain sadiyon ki umr to zara si hai

rah-o-rasm rakhne ke baad hum ne jaana hai
wo jo aashnai thi wo to na-shanasi hai

hum kisi nae din ka intizar karte hain
din purane suraj ka sham basi basi hai

dekh kar tumhein koi kis tarah sambhal pae
sab hawas jage hain aisi bad-hawasi hai

zakhm ke chhupane ko hum libas lae the
shahr bhar ka kahna hai ye to khun-libasi hai