mohabbat kya mohabbat ka sila kya
gham-e-barbaadi-e-jins-e-wafa kya

dil-e-be-muddaa ka muddaa kya
hamara haal hum se puchhna kya

hamein duniya mein apne gham se matlab
zamane ki khushi se wasta kya

sitam-ha-e-farawan chahta hun
karam ki aarzu kya iltija kya

hum us ke aur us ka gham hamara
is andaz-e-karam ka puchhna kya

raha dil ko na ab zauq-e-sitam kyun
wo hain aamada-e-tark-e-jafa kya

tere gham ke sahaare ji rahe hain
hamari aarzu kya muddaa kya

bahaaron par khizan sarf-e-asar hai
maal-e-ghunch-o-gul dekhna kya

talluq aur tere gham se talluq
uruj-e-bakht-e-'akhtar' puchhna kya