suni to us ne ghairon se hua go bad-guman hum se
bahar-surat rahi behtar hamari dastan hum se

zaban par aaegi kya pas namus-e-mohabbat se
nahin dohrai jati dil mein apni dastan hum se

chune the chaar tinke ek din sehn-e-gulistan mein
raha ta-zindagi barham mizaj-e-baghban hum se

duhai hai gham-e-majburi-e-imkan duhai hai
ki phirti hain dam-e-rehlat hamari putliyan hum se

subuk-sar rah chuke hain hum bhi duniya mein kabhi lekin
ye zikr us waqt ka hai aap jab the sargiran hum se

qafas hi ho gaya tul-e-asiri se nasheman jab
na chhute aashiyan se hum na chhuta aashiyan hum se

zamana dusri karwat badalta bhi to kya hota
badal jati na uftad-e-zamin-o-asman hum se

bahaar aane se pahle ek pareshan khwab dekha tha
ki jaise fasl-e-gul mein chhut raha hai aashiyan hum se

zamana saziyan qurban maal andeshiyan sadqe
wo sunne aaj baithe hain hamari dastan hum se

madad ai lazzat-e-zauq-e-asiri ab ye hasrat hai
qafas wale badal lete hamara aashiyan hum se

tasawwur mein khincha naqsha hai un ke ru-e-rangin ka
ba-zahir parda-e-dil mein hain 'afqar' wo nihan hum se