main ye to nahin kahta ki bashar dawa-e-KHudai kar baiThe

kam se kam maut se aisi mujhe ummid nahin

farsh-e-mai-KHana pe jalte chale jate hain charagh

ek fusun-saman nigah-e-ashna ki der thi

ahbab se rakhta hun kuchh ummid-e-KHurafat

wo fusun phunka ki wahshi bhi mohazzab ho gae

ye mana inqalab-e-zindagi mein lakh KHatre hain

manzilen gard ke manind uDi jati hain

chhalak ke kam na ho aisi koi sharab nahin

sar mein sauda bhi nahin dil mein tamanna bhi nahin

kya jaaniye maut pahle kya thi

parda-e-lutf mein ye zulm-o-sitam kya kahiye

main aasman-e-mohabbat se ruKHsat-e-shab hun

rone wale hue chup hijr ki duniya badli

rafta rafta ishq manus-e-jahan hone laga