faqat hisse ki khatir
kat gai ye zindagi milad sunne mein

bila jaane ki hissa hai to kaisa aur kitna
ye sab aasan nahin tha

gulab aur itr se bhaari faza mein sans lena
der tak aasan nahin tha

na aasan tha samajhne ki adakari bhi karna
us zaban ko

jis se main na-ashna tha aur wo bhi ba-adab rah kar
bahut bhaari tha bele ka wo gajra

jo pahnaya gaya tha mujh ko agli saf mein baithane se pahle
han saza jaisa tha mera baithna us saf mein

jis mein ek bhi bachcha nahin tha
aur jahan se dur thin sab chilmanen

aur un se chhanti raunaqen
ye sab qurbaniyan de kar agar hisse ki khwahish hai mujhe to kya ghalat hai

mere hisse ki khwahish par hanso mat
mera hissa to pakka hai agar main so bhi jaun

khuda ko sab pata hai