thikana hai kahin jaen kahan na-chaar baithe hain
ijazat jab nahin dar ki pas-e-diwar baithe hain

ye matlab hai ki mahfil mein manae aur man jaen
wo mere chhedne ko ghair se bezar baithe hain

kharidar aa rahe hain har taraf se naqd-e-jaan le kar
wo yusuf ban ke bikne ko sar-e-bazar baithe hain

achanak le na lun bosa ye khatka un ke dil mein hai
mere pahlu mein baithe hain magar hoshyar baithe hain

tumhaare aashiqon mein be-qarari kya hi phaili hai
jidhar dekho jigar thame hue do-chaar baithe hain

qayamat hai sitam murde pe bhi un ko gawara hai
mera lasha uthane ke liye aghyar baithe hain

lab-e-baam aa ke dikhla wo tamasha tur ka tum bhi
bade mauqe se dar par talib-e-didar baithe hain

'asar' kyun-kar na jaanun us ke dar ko qibla-e-alam
usi jaanib kai rukh kafir o din-dar baithe hain