har ek ruuh meñ ik ġham chhupā lage hai mujhe

ye zindagī to koī bad-duā lage hai mujhe

pasand-e-ḳhātir-e-ahl-e-vafā hai muddat se

ye dil kā daaġh jo ḳhud bhī bhalā lage hai mujhe

jo āñsuoñ meñ kabhī raat bhiig jaatī hai

bahut qarīb vo āvāz-e-pā lage hai mujhe

maiñ so bhī jā.ūñ to kyā merī band āñkhoñ meñ

tamām raat koī jhāñktā lage hai mujhe

maiñ jab bhī us ke ḳhayāloñ meñ kho sā jaatā huuñ

vo ḳhud bhī baat kare to burā lage hai mujhe

maiñ sochtā thā ki lauTūñgā ajnabī kī tarah

ye merā gaañv to pahchāntā lage hai mujhe

na jaane vaqt kī raftār kyā dikhātī hai

kabhī kabhī to baḌā ḳhauf sā lage hai mujhe

bikhar gayā hai kuchh is tarah aadmī kā vajūd

har ek fard koī sāneha lage hai mujhe

ab ek aadh qadam kā hisāb kyā rakhiye

abhī talak to vahī fāsla lage hai mujhe

hikāyat-e-ġham-e-dil kuchh kashish to rakhtī hai

zamāna ġhaur se suntā huā lage hai mujhe