ye basti is qadar sunsan kab thi

aa ki main dekh lun khoya hua chehra apna

kis ko fursat thi ki aKHtar dekhta meri taraf

mera fasana har ek dil ka majra to na tha

ye dasht wo hai jahan rasta nahin milta

khuli aankhon nazar aata nahin kuchh

ye be-sabab nahin aae hain aankh mein aansu

nigahen muntazir hain kis ki dil ko justuju kya hai

zindagi chhin le baKHshi hui daulat apni

dushman-e-jaan hi sahi sath to ek umr ka hai

band rakkhoge dariche dil ke yaro kab talak

mujhe ab dekhti hai zindagi yun be-niyazana