tujh se mile baghair ye mujh ko pata na tha
wasl-o-firaq kya hai ye main jaanta na tha

aazad ho gaya main jahan ke khayal se
lekin tera khayal mujhe chhodta na tha

main us ko dekhta tha bade ishtiyaq se
lekin kabhi wo meri taraf dekhta na tha

tum kya khafa hue ki khafa ho gaya jahan
jab tum khafa na the to koi bhi khafa na tha

ek teri yaad hi thi meri manzil-e-talab
warna safar mein koi mera rahnuma na tha

mahrumiyan likhi thin hamare nasib mein
dil par hamare harf-e-masarrat likha na tha

'masum' ye bhi apne muqaddar ki baat hai
un ka mila suragh to apna pata na tha