jaane kyā vaj.h-e-begānagī hai
shahr meñ jo bhī hai ajnabī hai
aag sī mere dil meñ lagī hai
phir bhī kitnī ḳhunuk chāñdnī hai
rāt-bhar sham.a tanhā jalī hai
tab kahīñ raat jā kar kaTī hai
un ko kho kar bhī maiñ jī rahā huuñ
ye kisī aur kī zindagī hai
zahr-e-ġham kaam kar bhī chukā hai
muskurāhaT laboñ par vahī hai
taab ke jaam raushan rakhoge
raat bhī ab to Dhalne lagī hai
aaj to tum bhī so jaao 'ishqī'
aaj to dard meñ bhī kamī hai