sar-nigun sara jahan hai mamta ke samne
bad-dua mein hai dua us ki dua ke samne

main tumhaare samne is waste khamosh hun
faisla ho jaega ek din khuda ke samne

izzat-o-shohrat mohabbat se ye daman bhar gaya
shukr ke sajde karun rab ki ata ke samne

kar chuki hai ab jahan-ara 'tabassum' hausla
rakh diya hai ab diya la kar hawa ke samne

kis qadar zalim hai ye duniya tajjub hai mujhe
bewafa kahti hai mujh ko bewafa ke samne

aisa lagta hai ki mahfil muskurane lag gai
aa ke jab wo baithta hai muskura ke samne

ek main hun aur ek dhak dhak dhadakta dil mera
ghair ko takta hai wo mujh ko bitha ke samne

yar nazron se pare tha aaina bhi tha pare
saj-sanwar ke aa gai jaan-e-ada ke samne

kya kahun kaise kahun kis se kahun aur kyun kahun
sochti hun chup rahun us nakhuda ke samne

aaj nazron se milin nazren to wo kahne laga
phir se kyun tum aa gai ho muskura ke samne

pahle us ne kya kaha phir kya kaha phir kya kaha
mera tu ne khat rakha jab dilruba ke samne

in andheron se na ghabra tu ki tere waste
main ne apna rakh diya hai dil jala ke samne

lafz barish ki tarah mujh par baraste jaen phir
sher jab kahne lagun us ko bitha ke samne

jab talak duniya mein kaghaz aur qalam maujud hain
ba-wafa likhti rahungi bewafa ke samne

kyun tera pyara 'tabassum' aaj phika pad gaya
haar kyun mani hai tu ne phir jafa ke samne