jab khud shar wahm ban jae
to zindagi tut-phut jati hai

haqiqat ka zahar hum
kisi ki chahat mein pite hain

jab sachchai lab par late hain
to mar diye jate hain

judai ka zina bahut tawil hota hai
pul-e-siraat ki tarah

muqaddar ka kinara nahin hota
taqdir ka shikwa

haare hue sipahi key mazarat hai
hum nasib kho dene ka gila nahin karte

chupke se zindagi ganwa dete hain
kisi aahat ke baghair

kisi ko batlae baghair
apni umr se bada ishq karte hain

sab kuchh kho kar tujh mein kho jate hain
dil par angaron ka paiwand laga lete hain

honton par zanjir latka lete hain
jab koi wada kar ke bhi na aae

to muskura kar so jaana chahiye
nind ishq se behtar hai

aur ishq wade se
jab koi tanha chhod kar chala jae

to dil mahtab ke aangan mein
use naqsh kar lena chahiye

judai ke sukut-e-gum-gashta mein
tum ne mujhe kyon bhula diya

abhi to kai fasane baqi the
yun achanak madum ho jaana

kisi ko diwana bana deta hai
itna waqt bhi nahin hota

ki judai ka farman sunaya ja sake
ya makhdush ko dahliz-e-ranjida mein dafn kar dena

qabl-e-rukhsat shab-e-madhosh ke bistar se
chandni ki silwaten mita dena

ki is shahar ki hawaen bahut dagh-dar hain
ab ke bichhadna alamnak hoga

kai guzre sanehon key tarah
aao tumhein ek nauha suna dun

jo ishq key hikayat hai
jo dastan banegi

un bewafa dahakti galiyon mein