har sahaara be-amal ke waste be-kar hai

raat ko raat kah diya maine

kabhi kabhi hamein duniya hasin lagti thi

rasa hon ya na hon nale ye nalon ka muqaddar hai

shaiKH qatil ko masiha kah gae

ye hunar bhi baDa zaruri hai

ek ajnabi ke hath mein de kar hamara hath

sirf zaban ki naqqali se baat na ban paegi hafiz

bad-tar hai maut se bhi ghulami ki zindagi

ab khul ke kaho baat to kuchh baat banegi

mai-KHane ki samt na dekho

kya jaane kya sabab hai ki ji chahta hai aaj

abhi se hosh uDe maslahat-pasandon ke

ye bhi to sochiye kabhi tanhai mein zara

hae wo naghma jis ka mughanni