main zindagi ki rah-e-pur-khatar mein tanha tha
pata chala ki main us rahguzar mein tanha tha

khushi thi is ki ki sab hi the shahr mein apne
gham is ka tha ki main phir bhi nagar mein tanha tha

samajh sake na mujhe wo bhi jo the khud mere
udas yun tha ki khud apne ghar mein tanha tha

na tha koi mera rahbar na koi mera rafiq
main zindagi ke andhere safar mein tanha tha

jahan mein kahta bhi kis se main dil ka apne dard
main us kharaba-e-be-baam-o-dar mein tanha tha

na tha koi jo masaib mein sath deta mera
hamesha nargha-e-barq-o-sharar mein tanha tha

ghira hua tha main ahl-e-jahan ke majma mein
magar main har nigah-e-dida-war mein tanha tha

talash-e-zar mein mere sath be-shumar the log
ba-in-hama main khud us shahr-e-zar mein tanha tha

wo apne dil mein tha ek anjuman sajae hue
wo jo ki ahl-e-jahan ki nazar mein tanha tha

koi halif tha mera na koi mera harif
'wali' main razm-gah-e-khair-o-shar mein tanha tha