zindagi ki har kahani be-asar ho jaegi
hum na honge to ye duniya dar-ba-dar ho jaegi

paon patthar kar ke chhodegi agar ruk jaiye
chalte rahiye to zamin bhi ham-safar ho jaegi

jugnuon ko sath le kar raat raushan kijiye
rasta suraj ka dekha to sahar ho jaegi

zindagi bhi kash mere sath rahti umr-bhar
khair ab jaise bhi honi hai basar ho jaegi

tum ne khud hi sar chadhai thi so ab chakkho maza
main na kahta tha ki duniya dard-e-sar ho jaegi

talkhiyan bhi lazmi hain zindagi ke waste
itna mitha ban ke mat rahiye shakar ho jaegi