batao maut kya hai zindagi kya
kisi ne bhed ye khola kabhi kya
ye ankhen surkh si kyuun ho rahi hain
kisi ki yaad ki barish hui kya
bujhe hain kyuun charagh-e-dil sabhi ke
hava ne ki hai koi dil-lagi kya
hanse kyuun phuul saare khilkhila kar
kisi ne ki hai in ko gudgudi kya
mohabbat to mohabbat hi hai sahab
kahun us ko buri kya aur bhali kya
khizan men dhundte ho khushbuen tum
kabhi khilti hai shab men bhi kali kya
nami hai aaj phir ankhon men ‘sima’
bahi hai aaj phir sukhi nadi kya