Karte karte imtizaj-e-kaba-o-but-KHana hum

karte karte imtizaj-e-kaba-o-but-KHana hum
us jagah pahunche ki ho kar rah gae diwana hum

sans le sakte nahin afsos aazadana hum
jaane kab se hain asir-e-kaba-o-but-KHana hum

wo mohabbat hi nahin jis mein na hon shikwe-gile
ek kahani tum sunae jao ek afsana hum

der-pa nikli na fanus-e-KHirad ki raushni
baDh gai wahshat bil-aKHir ho gae diwana hum

har do-jaanib ehtiyat achchhi hai jab tak ho sake
yun to main aagah sab tum shama ho parwana hum

ab haqiqat kya kahen kis se kahen kyun kar kahen
kuchh to dekha hai ki jis se ho gae diwana hum

daman-e-dil shabnam-o-gul se pakaD leta hai aag
KHilqatan hum hain jawab-e-fitrat-e-parwana hum

pasban mafhum-o-mani ko bayan karte rahen
sunne wale sun chuke hain kah chuke afsane hum

aa chuka hoga sar-e-tur-e-wafa musa ko hosh
ab tujhe taklif denge jalwa-e-jaanana hum

jite-ji ki anjuman hai jite-ji ka soz-o-saz
ho gain jis waqt band aankhen na phir duniya na hum

hum jo miT jaen to farq-e-dair-o-kaba bhi miTe
ek parda hain miyan-e-kaba-e-but-KHana hum

iltija hi iltija baqi hai shikwa ho chuke
ab mohabbat tum se karte hain parastarana hum

jab wo karte hain mohabbat par musalsal guftugu
aisa kuchh mahsus hota hai ki hain begana hum