wahi kaun-o-makan apna mata-e-zindagi apni
jahan tak le ke jati hai mujhe aawargi apni

agar ruswaiyon tak baat hoti to ghanimat thi
tamasha ban gai hai aaj har-su zindagi apni

palat kar main ne dobara kabhi wo dar nahin dekha
jahan ruswa hui ek bar bhi diwangi apni

muqabil hai mere fitnagari ab to khuda jaane
kahan tak sath deti hai mera shaistagi apni

isi ummid par aankhen dar-e-jaanan ko chume hain
ki ek din rang laegi ada-e-bandagi apni

chalan malum hai duniya ka mujh ko bhi magar 'tashna'
mujhe khamosh kar deti hai aksar sadgi apni