Sair-e-chaman karu to waha bhi na ji lage
phooloN ki dilkashi me tumhari kami lagay
achchai ko burai samajhte rahe ho tum
meri har aik baat, na kaise buri lagay
Aks to laakhoN aaye nazar seemab sifat aainay me
Dekh na paaye apna chehra gahri jheel ke seenay me
Kheench ke langar tohmat kyu sailaab ke sar tum dharte ho
Rabt kahaN rakha hai baaqi sahil aur safeenay me
Sair-e-chaman karu to waha bhi na ji lage
phooloN ki dilkashi me tumhari kami lagay
achchai ko burai samajhte rahe ho tum
meri har aik baat, na kaise buri lagay
be-hisī par hissiyat kī dāstāñ likh dījiye
dhuup se ab barf par āb-e-ravāñ likh dījiye
kātib-e-taqdīr Thahre aap ko rokegā kaun
jo bhī ankur sar uThā.e rā.egāñ likh dījiye
tamām shahr meñ koī bhī rū-shanās na thā
ḳhatā yahī thī ki lahja pur-iltimās na thā
phir us ne kis liye rakkhe havā pe apne qadam
vo gard gard thā sūkhe laboñ kī pyaas na thā
bastī bastī jañgal jañgal ghūmā maiñ
lekin apne ghar meñ aa kar soyā maiñ
jab bhī thakan mahsūs huī hai raste kī
būḌhe-bargad ke saa.e meñ baiThā maiñ
tumhāre shahar meñ thā bhī to ik musāfir maiñ
so thak ke baiTh gayā rāste meñ āḳhir maiñ
maiñ har lihāz se sairāb thā ḳhudā kī qasam
ye aur baat ki pyāsā rahā ba-zāhir maiñ
