tum nahin jaante wafa kya hai
dard-e-dil ke liye dawa kya hai

jo jafakar hi rahe har dam
wo nahin jaante jafa kya hai

shauq-e-didar hi raha har dam
is jahan mein magar mila kya hai

har taraf rang hai fareb-e-nazar
jalwa-gar us ki ye ada kya hai

zindagi qaid-o-band hai shayad
zindagi gar ye hai saza kya hai

ruth kar chal gae jahan se wo
zindagi tujh mein ab dhara kya hai

sare gulshan fasurda-saman hain
ghunche ghunche ko ab hua kya hai

zindagi tujh se main ne sikha hai
aarzu kya hai muddaa kya hai

tajrabe se hua hai ab malum
dahr kya chiz hai khuda kya hai

umr aakhir ko aa gai 'tashna'
ja tu ab bazm mein rakha kya hai