ye chehra hai gul hai ye gulshan hai kya hai

dasht-o-sahra ki kahan ab zindagani chahiye

kaun si duniya mein hun kis ki nigahbani mein hun

ye jo har lamha meri sans hai aati jati

par mere ishq ke lag jaen diwana ho jaun

wo ek aag

dasht-e-taKHayyul ki nafi

ghair-marai taqat

zarb-e-paiham

chand hai pani mein ya bhule hue chehre ka aks

putliyon par raqs karna hi kalam-e-fan nahin

wahi qatra jo kabhi kunj-e-sar-e-chashm mein tha

main sab ke waste achchha tha lekin

gira tha bojh koi sar se mere