khairaat sirf itni mili hai hayat se
pani ki bund jaise ata ho furaat se

shabnam isi junun mein azal se hai sina-kub
khurshid kis maqam pe milta hai raat se

nagah ishq waqt se aage nikal gaya
andaza kar rahi hai khirad waqiat se

su-e-adab na thahre to den koi mashwara
hum mutmain nahin hain teri kaenat se

sakit rahen to hum hi thaharte hain ba-qusur
bolen to baat badhti hai chhoti si baat se

aasan-pasandiyon se ijazat talab karo
rasta bhara hua hai 'adam' mushkilat se