aap meri tabiat se waqif nahin mujhko be-ja takalluf ki aadat nahin

allah re yaadon ki ye anjuman-arai

bil-ehtimam zulm ki tajdid ki gai

hum bahut dur nikal aae hain chalte chalte

mujhe apne zabt pe naz tha sar-e-bazm raat ye kya hua

naqsh mazi ke jo baqi hain miTa mat dena

ai ahl-e-wafa dad-e-jafa kyun nahin dete

zabt bhi chahiye zarf bhi chahiye aur mohtat pas-e-wafa chahiye

har-chand gam gam hawadis safar mein hain

apna ghar chhoD ke hum log wahan tak pahunche

ye nigah-e-sharm jhuki jhuki ye jabin-e-naz dhuan dhuan

zahr de de na koi ghol ke paimane mein

wo yun mila ki ba-zahir KHafa KHafa sa laga

ab ise kya kare koi aankhon mein raushni nahin

sab samajhte hain ki hum kis karwan ke log hain