tujh bin bahut hi katti hai auqat be-tarah
jun-tun ke din to guzre hai par raat be-tarah

hoti hai ek tarah se har kaam ki jaza
aamal-e-ishq ki hai mukafat be-tarah

bulbul kar us chaman mein samajh kar tuk aashiyan
sayyaad lag raha hai teri ghat be-tarah

puchha payam-bar se jo main yar ka jawab
kahne laga khamosh ki hai baat be-tarah

milne na dega hum se tujhe ek-dam raqib
pichhe laga phire hai wo bad-zat be-tarah

koi hi mor hai to rahe is mein shaikh-ji
dadhi padi hai shane ke ab hath be-tarah

'sauda' na mil kar apni tu ab zindagi pe rahm
hai us jawan ki tarz-e-mulaqat be-tarah