der lagī āne meṅ tum ko śhukar hai phir bhī āye to
ās ne dil kā sāth na chhoṛā vaise ham ghabrāye to
śhafāq, dhanak, mahtāb, ghaṭaeṅ, tāre, naġhmeṅ, bijlī, phūl
kyā-kyā us dāman meṅ hai, vo dāman hāth meṅ āye to
sunī sunāyī bāt nahīṅ hai, apne ūpar bītī hai
phūl nikalte haiṅ śholoṅ se, chāhat āg lagye to
jhūṭh hai sab tārīkh hameśhā apne ko dohorātī hai
achchhā merā khvāb-e-javānī thoṛā sā dohrāye to
chāhat ke badle meṅ ham to bech deṅ apnī marzī tak
koī mile to dil kā gāhak koī hameṅ apnāye to
kyoṅ ye mahrangez tabassum madd-e-nazar jab kuchh bhī nahīṅ
hāy! agar koī anjān agar is dhokhe meṅ ā jāye to
nādānī aur majbūrī meṅ yāro kuchh to farq karo
ek bebas insān kare kyā ṭūṭ ke dil ā jāye to