ek bas tuu hii nahii.n mujhase Khafaa ho baiThaa

mai.n ne jo sa.ng taraashaa vo Khudaa ho baiThaa

uTh ke ma.nzil hii agar aaye to shaayad kuchh ho

shauq-e-ma.nzil me.n meraa aabalaapaa ho baiThaa

masalahat chhin gaii quvvat-e-guftaar magar

kuchh na kahanaa hii meraa merii sadaa ho baiThaa

shukriyaa ae mere qaatil ae masiihaa mere

zahar jo tune diyaa thaa vo davaa ho baiThaa

jaane ‘Shehzaad’ ko min_jumlaa-e-aadaa paakar

huuk vo uTThii ke jii tan se judaa ho baiThaa