ye nahin hai ki tujhe main ne pukara kam hai
mere nalon ko hawaon ka sahaara kam hai

is qadar hijr mein ki najm-shumari hum ne
jaan lete hain kahan koi sitara kam hai

dosti mein to koi shak nahin us ki par wo
dost dushman ka ziyaada hai hamara kam hai

saf izhaar ho aur wo bhi kam-az-kam do bar
hum wo aaqil hain jinhen ek ishaara kam hai

ek rukhsar pe dekha hai wo til hum ne bhi
ho samarqand muqabil ki bukhara kam hai

itni jaldi na bana rae mere bare mein
hum ne hamrah abhi waqt guzara kam hai

bagh ek hum ko mila tha magar us ko afsos
hum ne ji bhar ke bigada hai sanwara kam hai

aaj tak apni samajh mein nahin aaya 'basir'
kaun sa kaam hai wo jis mein khasara kam hai