meri hayat hai bas raat ke andhere tak
mujhe hawa se bachae rakho sawere tak

dukan-e-dil mein nawadir saje hue hain magar
ye wo jagah hai ki aate nahin lutere tak

mujhe qubul hain ye gardishen tah-e-dil se
rahen jo sirf tere bazuon ke ghere tak

sadak pe soe hue aadmi ko sone do
wo khwab mein to pahunch jaega basere tak

chamak-damak mein dikhai nahin diye aansu
agarche main ne ye nag rah mein bikhere tak

kahan hain ab wo musafir-nawaz bahutere
utha ke le gae khana-ba-dosh dere tak

thaka hua hun magar is qadar nahin ki 'shuur'
laga sakun na ab us ki gali ke phere tak