ajab tazad mein kaTa hai zindagi ka safar

log kahte hain ki saya tere paikar ka nahin

kaun kahta hai ki maut aai to mar jaunga

fareb khane ko pesha bana liya humne

us waqt ka hisab kya dun

maine samjha tha ki lauT aate hain jaane wale

yaksan hain firaq-e-wasl donon

kuchh khel nahin hai ishq karna

har lamha agar gurez-pa hai

jakDi hui hai in mein meri sari kaenat

aaj ki raat bhi tanha hi kaTi

ek safina hai teri yaad agar

sham ko subh-e-chaman yaad aai

zindagi shama ki manind jalata hun nadim

subh hote hi nikal aate hain bazar mein log