tu hi insaf se kah jis ka khafa yar rahe
apne jine se na kis tarah wo be-zar rahe

zakhm-e-dil chhile kabhi aur kabhi zakhm-e-jigar
nakhun-e-dast-e-junun kab mere be-kar rahe

in jafaon ka maza tum ko chakha dewenge
han agar zinda hum ai charkh-e-jafakar rahe

mai-kade mein hai badi ye hi mughan ki piri
ki bas us chashm-e-siyah-mast se hushyar rahe

jalte bhunte rahe hum bazm-e-butan mein lekin
shama san us pe bhi sar dene ko tayyar rahe

yun to kya khwab mein bhi yar ka milna malum
apne gar aah yahi tala-e-bedar rahe

ek ja sine mein un donon ka rahna hai muhaal
ya ye dil hi rahe ya aah-e-sharar-bar rahe

us se dil khak ho ummid-e-husul-e-matlab
jis se ek bose pe sau tarah ki takrar rahe

le ke paikan se tere tir bata to qatil
khun mein dube nahin kab ta lab-e-sofar rahe

jins-e-dil aatish-e-ulfat mein jale jo chahe
par kisi tarah teri garmi-e-bazar rahe

bazi-e-ishq mein chipke raho kya khak kahen
ek dil rakhte the pas apne so bar rahe

aisa dam nak mein aaya hai ki hum raazi hain
'aish' gar sine mein is dil ke ewaz khar rahe