jab hi se nikla to lab tak na aayi dil-lagi
jab hi se nikla to lab tak na aayi dil-lagi
us ki nigaah-e-naaz ne sab kuchh banaaya dil-lagi
duniya ka saara karobaar ho gaya dil-lagi
hum ne to apna aap hi sauda mein kho diya
wo keh rahe the husn ka kahna tha dil-lagi
ab kis ko ehtimaam-e-junoon ka khayaal hai
aalam mein ek tera tasavvur tha dil-lagi
sauda na kar nigaah se dilbar ki dil-lagi
ye chaarah-saaz-e-jaan ke bahaane hain dil-lagi
gul phenke hain auron ki taraf balke samar bhi
ae khaana-bar-andaaz-e-chaman kuchh to idhar bhi
fikr-e-maash ishq-e-butaan yaad-e-raftagaan
is zindagi mein ab koi kya kya kiya kare
sarsari tum jahaan se guzre
warna har jaa jahaan-e-deegar tha
gulshan mein band qafas mein chaman ki yaad aati hai
wo din jo guzre the aazaadi mein bahut yaad aate hain
ishq ne zaalim tujhe kis raah par daala hai
na khuda hi mila na visaal-e-sanam
nigaah-e-naaz ne parde uthaaye hain kya kya
hijaab-e-husn mein chhupte hain raaz kya kya