ai jiṅdgī, ye lamhā jī lene de
pahle se likhā kuchh bhī nahīṅ
roj nayā kuchh likhtī hai tū
jo bhī likhā hai, dil se jiyā hai
ye lamhā philhāl jī lene de
māsūm sī hṇsī, bevjah hī kabhī, hoṭhoṅ pe khil jātī hai
aṅjān sī khuśhī, bahtī huī kabhī, sāhīl pe mil jātī hai
ye aṅjānāsā ḍar, ajanbī hai magar khūbsūrat hai
jī lene de, ye lamhā philhāl jī lene de
dil hī meṅ rahtā hai, āṇkhoṅ meṅ bahtā hai, kachchā sā ek khvāb hai
lagtā savāl hai, śhāyad javāb hai, dil phir bhī betāb hai
ye sukūn hai to hai, ye junūn hai to hai, khūbsūrat hai
jī lene de, ye lamhā philhāl jī lene de