khizan mein ab phul aane wale hain
tum magar sath sath rahna

ki hum sawab-o-khata ke qisson ka zikr karke
faza ko pahle hi itna bojhal bana chuke hain

ki khushk patta bhi girne lag jae to hawa siskiyan si leti hai chikhti hai
udas lamhon mein raushni apne sath rakhna

tum apne hathon ki ot karke
charagh lao

to yaad rakhna ki raushni se diyon ko bharna
karam nahin hai

kisi pe ehsan to nahin hai ki hum ne kirnen bikher di hain
ki raushni sab ki zindagi hai

gulon ki paspaiyon ki rahon ko rokna ho to nur banto
ki raushni naqd-e-zindagi hai

khizan ke phulon se tum na kahna
gai ruton ki halawaten kya thin rang kya tha

ruton ke zinda siyaq
murda sabaq se

apna rabt kya tha
hamein ruton ke mite nishanon se dhundhna hain

wo nam
jo yaad rah gae hain

nishan be-nam suraton ke
jo kal ugengi

charagh phulon ke
in hawaon mein

jalna mushkil hain
jal gae to

ujala jitna bhi ho bahut hai