kab tum bhaTke kyuuñ tum bhaTke kis kis ko samjhāoge
itnī duur to aa pahuñche ho aur kahāñ tak jāoge
is chālīs baras meñ tum ne kitne dost banā.e haiñ
ab jo umr bachī hai us meñ kitne dost banāoge
bachpan ke sab sañgī sāthī āḳhir kyuuñ tumheñ chhoḌ ga.e
koī yaar nayā pūchhe to is ko kyā batlāoge
jo bhī tum ne shohrat paa.ī jo bhī tum badnām hue
kyā yahī tarka apne pyāre bachchoñ ko de jāoge
ab is josh-e-ḳhud-āgāhī meñ aage kī kyā sochī hai
sher kahoge ishq karoge kyā kyā Dhoñg rachāoge
'ā.alī' kis ko fursat hogī ek tumhī ko rone kī
jaise sab yaad aa jaate haiñ tum bhī yaad aa jāoge