hamari chahaton ki buz-dili thi
warna kya hota

agar ye shauq ke mazmun
wafa ke ahd-name

aur dilon ke marsiye
ek dusre ke nam kar dete

ziyaada se ziyaada
chahaten bad-nam ho jatin

hamari dosti ki dastanen aam ho jatin
to kya hota

ye hum jo zist ke har ishq mein sachchaiyan sochen
ye hum jin ka asasa tishnagi,i tanhaiyan sochen

ye tahriren
hamari aarzu-mandi ki tahriren

baham paiawastagi aur khwab paiwandagi ki tahriren
firaq o wasl o mahrumi o khursandi ki tahriren

hum in par munfail kyun hun
ye tahriren

agar ek dusre ke nam ho jaen
to kya is se hamare fan ke rasiya

sher ke maddah
hum par tohmaten dharte

hamari hamdami par tanz karte
aur ye baaten

aur ye afwahen
kisi pili nigarish mein

hamesha ke liye marqum hu jatin
hamari hastiyan mazmum ho jatin

nahin aisa na hota
aur agar bil-farz hota bhi

to phir hum kya
subuk-saran-e-shahr-e-harf ki chaalon se darte hain

sagan-e-kucha-e-shohrat ke ghaugha
kale bazaron ke dallalon se darte hain

hamare harf jazbon ki tarah
sachche hain, pakiza hain, zinda hain

bala se hum agar maslub ho jate
ye sauda kya bura tha

gar hamari qabr ke katbe
tumhaare aur hamare nam se mansub ho jate!