ye masala hai aur koi masala nahin
apna harif main hun koi dusra nahin

kal mujh pe khul gaya tera husn-e-munafiqat
is sanehe ke baad koi saneha nahin

muflis nahin hai zehn-e-tahi-dast hun to kya
dast-e-talab daraaz kahin bhi kiya nahin

har-gam-o-har-nafas rahe darpesh marhale
zauq-e-safar gawah ki main bhi ruka nahin

ai maslahat-pasand hamara bhi tere sath
har-chand rabta hai magar rabta nahin

duniya se chand roz mein sab kuchh to mil gaya
milna ab aur kya hai jo ab tak mila nahin

mumkin nahin ki aaen azaem mein laghzishen
uftada waqt hi to hai uftad-pa nahin

chhota hun is liye mujhe ehsan hain sab ke yaad
mohsin ko bhul jaun main itna bada nahin

ahwal waqai to hai khud hi zaban-e-jaan
lekin sar-e-ghurur kahin bhi jhuka nahin

main tujh ko yaad aaun aur aaun tamam-umr
ai dost main bura hun par itna bura nahin

jau bone wale bo ke to jau chal diye magar
kahte hain ab ke fasl mein gandum uga nahin

khwab-e-baqa ki bas yahi tabir hai ki 'lais'
duniya mein sirf ek fana ko fana nahin