phaili hui hai har-su dil-doz tirgi si
allah-re wo udasi tute hue dilon ki

kawish ke bankpan si an-thak si ek thakan si
ek surkh-ru si saat ab ru-ba-ru khadi thi

albeli chahaton si pur-kaif tishnagi si
banhon mein bas gai thi ek aanch qurbaton ki

gham-ha-e-zindagi se hai ru-shanas yun dil
khushiyan nasib hon to lagti hain ajnabi si

aahat pe kan har-dam tha intizar itna
malum hi nahin tha ek umr kat gai thi

ek narm-rau si nikhat kuchh kah gai hai dil ko
ab yaad aa rahi hain tuti rifaqaten bhi

gane lage sitare lori faza faza mein
ab waqt ko bhi shayad kuchh nind aa gai thi

dekha jo ghaur se to kirdar mein tere kuchh
gahri si ek nisbat past-o-buland mein thi

har subh chahti hai jalwe nae nae se
har sham mangti hai qurbat kisi hasin ki

ba-hosh jalwaton mein sarmast khalwaton mein
nikhri supurdagi thi pur-kaif qurbaton ki

kuchh khush-nasib lamhe jannat ki naghmagi se
manusiyat halawat nuzhat rachi basi si

ek unsuri tahaarat ruh-e-rawan hai yaksar
ai ishq tere dam se jagmag hai zindagi ki

kuchh zakhm zakhm jaisi kuchh marham-e-rifaqat
kuchh khud se dushmani thi kuchh khud se dosti thi

ab gunjta hai har-su ek aashti ka naghma
ras aa gai hai shayad dil ko qalandari hi