kitne aasan raste hote
hum agar sath chal rahe hote

hoti unchi udan apni bhi
par agar yun na kat gae hote

khud se fursat hamein agar milti
aap ka sath de rahe hote

baat to kar ke dekhte baham
phir jo hote so faisle hote

baat karte agar sitaron se
shab ke ham-rah ratjage hote

aarzu thi ki ishq mein 'shabnam'
dil ke dhage kahin bandhe hote