mere hisse ka har phal kyon sada kadwa nikalta hai
bharosa jis pe karta hun wahi jhuta nikalta hai

meri qismat mein likkhi hi nahin shayad kabhi khushiyan
kuan khodun jahan pani wahin khaara nikalta hai

yunhi ban kar nahin ubhra hun main hira zamane mein
ki har patthar ka mere sar se ek rishta nikalta hai

main is ummid par is bar tere pas aaya hun
ata hoga jo tere husn ka sadqa nikalta hai

har ek shab chand to taron ko le kar sath aata hai
magar suraj to bechaara sada tanha nikalta hai

kabhi fursat mile to dekh lo tanhai mein aa kar
tumhaari yaad mein aankhon se jo dariya nikalta hai

koi muflis kare bachche ki khwahish kis tarah puri
khilauna jo pasand aata hai wo mahnga nikalta hai

sabhi tare falak par itne khush-qismat nahin hote
siwa ek chand ke nazdik jo tara nikalta hai

nahin bujhti hai shayad pyas ab logon ki pani se
jise dekho hamare khun ka pyasa nikalta hai

yaqin kis par karen apna kahen kis ko yahan 'tariq'
ki ab har shakhs ke chehre pe ek chehra nikalta hai