kuchh is tarah guzara hai zindagi ko humne

kuchh parindon ko to bas do chaar dane chahiyen

meri ghazal mein kisi bewafa ka zikr na tha

wo dil se kam zaban hi se ziyaada baat karta tha

ab to sarab hi se bujhane lage hain pyas

safar mein ab ke ajab tajraba nikal aaya

aadmi hi ke banae hue zindan hain ye sab

hath uThata hai duaon ko falak bhi us dam

soch lo kal kahin aansu na bahane paD jaen

kaun paDhta hai yahan khol ke ab dil ki kitab

justuju ka ek ajab silsila ta-umr raha

baDi taswir laTka di hai apni

meri ek zindagi ke kitne hisse-dar hain lekin

bahana koi to ai zindagi de

dil bhi ek zid pe aDa hai kisi bachche ki tarah