jab main aur tu nidhaal ho jate hain
sansen phulti hain

o rahm pahle dhile aur phir sard pad jate hain
aur hamare chehre apni asli haalat par aa jate hain

to be-ikhtiyar sochta hun
hamara kya hoga agar sath chhut gaya

tumhaara kya hoga mere baghair
mera kya hoga tere baghair

main to soch bhi nahin sakta
ki to mere jite-ji mar jae

aur na ye soch sakta hun
ki to kaise roegi

agar main tum se pahle mar gaya
hum kitne be-bas aur akele hain

kya ye mumkin nahin ki hum apni jaanen ek hi qalib mein samo len
taki man-o-tu ka jhagda hi mit jae

hum ek hi shakh ke do phul hain
hamara mazaq aur mizaj ek hai

hamara lutf-e-badan ek hai
hamara sachcha man ek hai

to phir hum juda kyun ho jaen
koi rasta nahin kya

koi chaara nahin kya
aisi koi surat bana

ki hum do dilon ko dhadakta
aur dinon ko chamakta rakh saken

aur phir
main shahr-dar-shahr jagta phirun

kucha-o-bazar mein bhagta phirun
aur teri aawaz hamesha aasman ki bulandiyon se

utarti rahe aur zamin ko jagati rahe
aur main mohabbat ke sagar par suron ki darsha karun

jism kitna nahif hai
aur hum is liye is qalib mein dhaale gae

ki fana ki lazzat se aashna ho jaen
main maut ke bare mein kuchh ziyaada hi sochta hun

jab teri sansen mere shanon par dastak nahin detin
to main kanp uthta hun

main maut ke sukut se darta hun
magar wo ghadi aaegi

jab hum mein se ek pahle zamin main utrega
sausan ke safed aur kasni phulon ki chadar odhe

har taraf se rone ki aawaz aaegi
phir khamoshi hogi

sukut hoga
aur qabr mein sukut achchha lagega

aur qabr se bahar jise sukut bardasht karne ki saza milegi
is ki haalat kitni bhayanak hogi

ab tu hi bata kya karen
kitni mushkil surat-e-haal hai

ki tere gudaz badan ke lams se aur
tere lafzon ki khan-khanahat se hi

main teri mohabbat ko samajh sakta hun
badan se pare

sarhad-e-idrak ke us par
main tum tak rasai pane se qasir hun

aur jab jism ka ye rishta tut jaega
to jahan hum us waqt soch mein gum hain

wahan ek khali pinjra hoga