ajab mahbubiyat si waqt ki fitrat mein hoti hai
kabhi dil ko lubhata hai

to phir us ki inayat ka tasalsul kam nahin hota
musalsal abr-e-rahmat ki tarah

dil ki daradon mein bhi rasta hai
mohabbat ki piyasi sarzamin sairab karta hai

kabhi din ki sabahat zeb-e-tan kar ke
ujale bantta hai

aur kabhi kali ridaen odh kar
shab ke sukut-e-jaan-fiza mein sans leta hai

kabhi ye pas aa kar baith jata hai
ye kahta hai

chalo guzre zamane ki mohabbat yaad karte hain
to mere zehn-angan mein

yaaden bachpana aur phir ladakpan odh kar
itra ke chalti hain

koi dil ke kiwadon ko
achanak nim-wa kar ke zara sa muskuraata hai

meri banjar zaminon par tarawat aati-jati hai
kasafat dhulti jati hai

kabhi ye chalte chalte daud kar aage nikalta hai
ki aao aur mujhe chhu lo

magar main na-rasai-ashna
us se hamesha do-qadam pichhe hi rahta hun

kabhi bahen gale mein dal deta hai
badi mahjub si nazron se takta hai

to gham ki sanglakhi mein daraden dal deta hai
kabhi ek shama raushan kar ke kahta hai

lapakti daudti is zindagi mein
aaj tum kitne baras ke ho

achanak ruth jata hai
koi minnat koi zari nahin sunta

kisi surat nahin manta
use apna banao bhi

to ye apna nahin rahta
kabhi ye dastaras mein hi nahin rahta

hawa par panw rakhta hai
khala mein phail jata hai

had-e-imkan se bahar nikalta hai
makan se la-makan tak jis qadar wusat mayassar hai

wahan tak jhilmilata hai
main sar-ta-pa tahayyur hun

magar us ki tilismi qaid mein khush hun
usi zindan mein rahta hun

usi mein sans leta hun