na ab main pyar kar sakta hun aur na dant sakta hun
jo baqi rah gae hain din unhen bas kat sakta hun

jo mil jae usi par iktifa karna hi padta hai
koi shai apni marzi se na ab mein chhant sakta hun

hua hun jab se pension-yafta ye haal hai yaro
na koi qarz deta hai na pension bant sakta hun

yahi kya kam hai khud-mukhtar hun main jab bhi ji chahe
tamannaon ke par udne se pahle kat sakta hun

main apne waqt ke hathon mein hun jaise chhati ungli
na istimal kar sakta hun aur na kat sakta hun

ghamon ki khair tedhi hi nahin gadhi bhi hoti hai
na pi jati hai ye aur na use main chat sakta hun

uda kar dekh le koi patangen apni shekhi ki
bulandi par agar hun bhi to kanne kat sakta hun

yahi taufiq kya kam hai ki raunaq ko hansa kar main
dukhon ka bojh kam karne ghamon ko bant sakta hun

khalij-e-bughz-o-nafrat gar dilon mein ho gai paida
use main 'khwah-makhwah' hanste-hansate pat sakta hun