mere waste jahan mein koi dilkashi nahin hai
ki tere baghair jina koi zindagi nahin hai

teri zat ke alawa mujhe aur chahiye kya
tu agar hai sath mere mujhe kuchh kami nahin hai

wo nazar nazar nahin hai na ho jis mein aks tera
koi dil hai wo bhi jis mein gham-e-ashiqi nahin hai

koi wasta nahin hai jise dard-e-digaran se
wo hai aadmi ka paikar magar aadmi nahin hai

mere dosto na dekho mujhe chashm-e-khashmagin se
ki rahin-e-baada-noshi meri be-khudi nahin hai

mere dil ke dagh tu hi zara aur lau badha de
shab-e-gham hai tera tera kahin raushni nahin hai

meri baat sun ke 'akhtar' suni an-suni na kar do
ye hadis-e-jaan-o-dil he niri shairi nahin hai