chashm-e-be-khwab ko saman bahut!
raat-bhar shahr ki galiyon mein hawa

hath mein sang liye
khauf se zard makanon ke dhadakte dil par

dastaken deti chali jati hai
raushni band kiwadon se nikalte hue ghabraati hai

har taraf chikh si chakraati hai
hain mere dil ke liye dard ke unwan bahut

dard ka nam samaat ke liye rahat-e-jaan
dast-e-be-maya ko zar

nutq-e-khamosh ko lafz
khwab-e-be-dar ko makan

dard ka nam mere shahr-e-khwahish ka nishan
manzil-e-reg-e-rawan

dard ki rah pe taskin ke imkan bahut!
hijr ka dard kathin hai phir bhi

wo bhi us roz bichhad kar mujh se
khush to na thi

us ne ye manzil-e-gham
kis tarah kati hogi

wo bhi to meri tarah hogi pareshan bahut
(dard ki rah mein taskin ke saman bahut)

kya khabar us ki samaat ke liye
dard ka nam bhala ho ki na ho

shahr-e-khwahish ka nishan
nutq-e-khamosh ka izhaar hua ho ki na ho

dast-e-be-maya ka zar (wo tahi-dast na thi)
hijr ka dard bana ho ki na ho

us ki galiyon mein rawan dastaken deti hui surkh hawa ho ki na ho
ishq-e-nau-khez ke arman bahut

shauq-e-gul-rang ke raste mein bayaban bahut
sokhta-jaan bahut

chashm-e-be-khwab ko saman bahut