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