mohabbat se bhi kar-e-zindagi aasan nahin hota
bahal jata hai dil gham ka magar darman nahin hota

kali dil ki khile afsos ye saman nahin hota
ghataen ghir ke aati hain magar baran nahin hota

mohabbat ke ewaz mein o mohabbat dhundne wale
ye duniya hai yahan aisa are nadan nahin hota

dil-e-nakaam ek tu hi nahin hai sirf mushkil mein
use inkar karna bhi to kuchh aasan nahin hota

hansi mein gham chhupa lena ye sab kahne ki baaten hain
jo gham dar-asl gham hota hai wo pinhan nahin hota

zamane ne ye takhti kisht-e-arman par laga di hai
gul is kyari mein aata hai magar khandan nahin hota

kahin kya tum se hum apne dil-e-majbur ka aalam
samajh mein wajh-e-gham aati hai aur darman nahin hota

maal-e-ikhtilaf-e-bahami afsos kya kahiye
har ek qatre mein shorish hai magar tufan nahin hota

dayar-e-ishq hai ye zarf-e-dil ki jaanch hoti hai
yahan poshak se andaza-e-insan nahin hota

ghurur-e-husn teri be-niyazi shan-e-istighna
jabhi tak hai ki jab tak ishq be-payan nahin hota

sada-e-bazgasht aati hai ayyam-e-guzishta ki
ye dil viran ho jaane pe bhi viran nahin hota

mohabbat to baja-e-khud ek iman hai are 'mulla'
mohabbat karne wale ka koi iman nahin hota