meri man ne mujhe bataya hai
agle waqton ke sahiban-e-duwal

jo khudawand ki mashiyyat se
umr bhar la-walad raha karte

ye ajab kar-e-khair farmate
apni daulat ko ek bartan mein

band kar ke kahin daba dete
us pe aate ya chikni mitti ka

sanp zamin bana ke rakh dete
taki aainda koi shakhs agar

un ki daulat ki samt aankh uthae
ye khazane ka sanp lahra kar

us ki aulad bhent mein chahe
log aulad bhent dete the

aur ye mal khod lete the
meri man ne mujhe bataya hai

mere na-pukhta ghar ke aangan mein
aisa hi mal dafn tha shayad

aur ye mal yunhi dafn raha
ya kisi aur ghar mein ja pahuncha

meri man ne mujhe na bhent diya
aur wo mal hath se khoya

meri man bhi ajib aurat hai
apni man se ye waqia sun kar

pahle mujh ko yaqin na aata tha
main ne afsana us ko samjha tha

par ye afsana ek haqiqat tha
par ye afsana ek haqiqat hai

main ne shadab khetiyan dekhin
main ne mill dekhe bank bhi dekhe

main ne dekha ki mal-o-daulat ke
har khazane pe har jagah har pal

ek na ek sanp baitha rahta hai