simatte hue sayon ke farsh par
der se yunhi baitha hua hun

ki guzre koi qafila jada-e-roz-o-shab se
to puchhun ki darmandagi ki saza kya hai mujh ko batao

magar dar raha hun ki koi musafir
meri baat par muskuraya to main kis tarah ji sakunga

meri zindagi ek sarkash ana he
parinde ki surat anasir ke zar-kar pinjre ki zinat

meri ruh bhi jadugar ki tarah
is ana is parinde ke qalib mein khalwat-nashin hai

kisi ko wo dushman ho ya dost
main pinjre ki tiliyon tak pahunchne dun

ye kis tarah ho sakega
kise ye khabar hai ki main khud ko bhi

apna dushman samajhne laga hun