aisi tarikiyan aankhon mein basi hain ki 'faraaz'
raat to raat hai hum din ko jalate hain charagh

zamin chhod kar main kidhar jaunga
andheron ke andar utar jaunga

meri pattiyan sari sukhi huin
nae mausamon mein bikhar jaunga [...]

ab ikhtiyar mein maujen na ye rawani hai
main bah raha hun ki mera wajud pani hai

main aur meri tarah tu bhi ek haqiqat hai
phir is ke baad jo bachta hai wo kahani hai [...]

na ibtida ki khabar hai na intiha malum
raha ye wahm ki hum hain so wo bhi kya malum

bade tahammul se rafta rafta nikalna hai
bacha hai jo tujh mein mera hissa nikalna hai
ye ruh barson se dafn hai tum madad karoge
badan ke malbe se is ko zinda nikalna hai
nazar mein rakhna kahin koi gham-shanas gahak
mujhe sukhan bechna hai kharcha nikalna hai
nikal laya hun ek pinjre se ek parinda
ab is parinde ke dil se pinjra nikalna hai
ye tis barson se kuchh baras pichhe chal rahi hai
mujhe ghadi ka kharab purza nikalna hai
khayal hai khandan ko ittilaa de dun
jo kat gaya us shajar ka shajara nikalna hai
main ek kirdar se bada tang hun qalamkar
mujhe kahani mein dal ghussa nikalna hai