pahle to bahut gardish-e-dauran se lada hun
ab kis ki tamanna hai jo maqtal mein khada hun

go qadr meri bazm-e-sukhan mein nahin lekin
hire ki tarah fan ki anguthi mein jada hun

khairaat mein bante the jahan main ne sitare
khud aaj wahin kas-e-shab le ke khada hun

hota koi patthar bhi to kaam aata junun ke
tuta hua shisha hun sar-e-rah pada hun

simtun to kisi sip ke sine mein sama jaun
ai 'prem' jo phailun to samundar se bada hun