kitna lamba tera safar dariya
is ko kar thoda mukhtasar dariya

is zamin par hai be-ghari qismat
mar ke ban jae apna ghar dariya

mil gaya ja ke ab samundar se
wah tu ho gaya amar dariya

bandh kar bandh tujh ko rok liya
marka ho gaya hai sar dariya

beach apne jo ho gai hail
is bulandi se ab utar dariya

tera sailab sang-dil hai bahut
is ghamandi ke par katar dariya

kuchh nasheb-o-faraaz lazim hain
sidhe sidhe na kar safar dariya

chashm-e-'aqib' mein aa ke thahr zara
yun na phir ab bhi dar-ba-dar dariya