ek bas tuu hii nahii.n mujhase Kafaa ho baiThaa
mai.nne jo sa.ng taraashaa thaa Kudaa ho baiThaa
uTh ke ma.nzil hii agar aaye to shaayad kuchh ho
shauq-e-ma.nzil to meraa aablaa-paa ho baiThaa
masalaht chhiin lii quwwat-e-Guftaar magar
kuchh na kahanaa hii meraa merii Kataa ho baiThaa
shukriyaa ai mere qaatil ai masiihaa mere
zahar jo tuune diyaa thaa wo dawaa ho baiThaa
jaan-e-shahazaad ko min-jumlaa-e-aadaa paa kar
huuk wo uTThii ki jii tan se judaa ho baiThaa