log kahte hain bahut zinda-o-painda hun
kis ko malum hai ye sach ki tera kushta hun

zindagi nam tanaffus ka nahin hai jaanan
shikwa be-ja hai ki bin tere bhi main zinda hun

mar hi deti mujhe teri ye furqat lekin
kab teri yaad ne chhoda hai ki main tanha hun

hai baja teri judai mein to mar jaana tha
main magar hijr mein bhi wasl se wabasta hun

marne jine ka sabab khub hai malum mujhe
sard-mehri hai kisi ki jo main ek lasha hun

be-rukhi ka hai wo ek sang faqat sang hai wo
aur main us ke liye shisha faqat shisha hun

wo ki hai mere liye aatish-e-dil ai 'khalid'
main magar us ke liye sirf dhuen jaisa hun