na puchho bebasi us tishna-lab ki

lakh aabaad-e-tamanna ho ke dil

le ke tesha uTha hai phir mazdur

wo wade yaad nahin tishna hai magar ab tak

wo jo tasbih liye hai usko

ek halqa-e-ahbab hai tanhai bhi uski

pi liya karte hain jine ki tamanna mein kabhi

mere fikr o fan ko nai faza nae baal-o-par ki talash hai

ye hum ko chhoD ke tanha kahan chale wamiq

haarne jitne se kuchh nahin hota wamiq

kis ne basaya tha aur un ko kis ne yun barbaad kiya

raat bhi murjha chali chand bhi kumhla gaya

zaban tak jo na aae wo mohabbat aur hoti hai

is daur ki taKHliq bhi kya shishagari hai

kaun sunta hai bhikari ki sadaen is liye