udasi kya bataun apne ghar ki
faza khamosh hai ab baam-o-dar ki

talash aur wo bhi husn-e-rahguzar ki
kahan takmil ho zauq-e-nazar ki

yahi rudad hai bas umr-bhar ki
jahan saya mila hum ne basar ki

khirad hai roz-o-shab ki kashmakash mein
junun ko fikr kya sham-o-sahar ki

dil-e-iza-talab hi jaanta hai
karishma-saziyan husn-e-nazar ki

hamesha fikr-e-sahil bahr-e-gham mein
kabhi tufan pe bhi tu ne nazar ki

hamari ehtiyaj-e-zindagi mein
dua muhtaj phirti hai asar ki

qafas se ud ke jaenge kahan hum
zarurat kya rahi ab baal-o-par ki

madar is ka hua jata hai shar par
buri haalat hai ab nau-e-bashar ki

ajal sar par khadi hai aa ke ghafil
are kuchh fikr kar rakht-e-safar ki

kahan hai aaj kal 'khushtar' wo duniya
jahan kuchh qadr hoti hai hunar ki