ye hijr ye lamhe furqat ke is taur hamein tadpaen to
is aag mein jalte jalte hum ai yar kahin jal jaen to

kaisa hai takalluf mahfil mein aate bhi nahin jate bhi nahin
hum aas lagae baithe hain parda wo zara sarkaen to

ummid-ba-dil rindan-e-talab hathon mein piyala thame hain
maikhane mein un ke mar jaen wo aankh se mai barsaen to

khamosh hai bulbul gulshan mein hai baad-e-bahaari bhi sakit
jumbish to karen lab un ke zara khalwat se wo kuchh farmaen to

aksar hi tasawwur karte hain is raat ka aalam kya hoga
aahat na karen wo chupke se pahlu mein mere aa jaen to

teri hi badaulat to apni raaton ka sukun barbaad hua
aise mein tujhe hum jazba-e-dil ghabra ke agar dafnaen to

kis ko hai khabar is duniya mein 'kausar' hai kahan jannat hai kahan
duniya ke ye rahbar aa ke zara ye raaz hamein samjhaen to