main bach gai man
main bach gai man

tere kachche lahu ki mehndi
mere por por mein rach gai man [...]

dekhta hai kaun sahra ke bagulon ki taraf
jo nazar uthti hai bas jati hai phulon ki taraf

aish mein rah kar hamein kuchh bhi khayal-e-gham nahin
muskurahat lab pe hai aankhen magar pur-nam nahin [...]

mulk ki haalat pe sinon se dhuan uthta nahin
saz-e-dil khamosh hain shor-e-fughan uthta nahin

kis liye aankhon se tufan-e-nihan uthta nahin
phul raunde ja rahe hain baghban uthta nahin [...]

tamir-e-kaenat ke saman liye hue
aai hun raaz-e-alam-e-imkan liye hue

jaun kidhar main kashti-e-arman liye hue
har sahil-e-murad hai tufan liye hue [...]

nakaami-e-dil 'kulsum' kabhi taqdir ko apni roi nahin
qurban main apni himmat ke sab soe magar ye soi nahin

ai subh-e-qayamat kya kahna is wada-e-did ke main qurban
wo parde se ab nikle hain jab dekhne wala koi nahin [...]

kaba banaiye na kalisa banaiye
dil ko tasawwuraat ki duniya banaiye

taswir-e-husn khinchiye majnun ke bhes mein
aaina-e-khayal ko laila banaiye [...]