ye tajraba bhi hai hum ne faqat suna hi nahin guman shauq se badh kar yaqin hua hi nahin hawa hai tez to ho baadban khule hi rahen khuda bhi hai mere hamrah nakhuda hi nahin ye aur baat andhere hain meri aankhon mein charagh-e-dil to kisi daur mein bujha hi nahin chamakne wale sitare bahut ghanimat hain ye gham-gusar bhi hain dard-ashna hi nahin hum un ki baat ko phir aaj mo'atabar jaanen ki ji bahalne ka ab aur rasta hi nahin bulandiyon hi pe aksar hamein nazar aaya magar wo shakhs kabhi shahr mein mila hi nahin faza mein kitne khayalon ki gard udti hai 'rabab' ab koi ye baat sochta hi nahin