rukhsat-e-sham hai aur wade ka saya bhi nahin
ab takalluf na karun ja ke taqaza ho jaun

kab se hun mahi be aab zamane ki tarah
koi neki ho tere pas to dariya ho jaun

kitne pechida masail ki thakan hai mujh mein
ek zara soch lun tujh ko tar-o-taza ho jaun

kitne pahlu hain kai rang chhupe hain mujh mein
abhi aisa hun jo tu chahe to waisa ho jaun

apne sine mein hain thahri hui sansen kab se
zalzala ban ke to aa main tah-o-baala ho jaun

wo rifaqat pe raza-mand nahin hai to na ho
kya main us shakhs ke hote hue tanha ho jaun

be-yaqini hai kuchh imroz mein itni 'mazhar'
ji mein aata hai ki andesha-e-farda ho jaun