Awarapan

Hazaar aib hain mujh mein, magar niyyat meri paak thi, Maine chaaha khaalis dil se, na koi matlab, na koi baat thi. Woh aaj bhi wahi hai, bas ab mujhse beparwah hai, Na nafrat karti hai, na mohabbat — bas khamoshi ki sazaa hai. Main ro raha hoon aansuon se, par kaun dekhe meri haalat, Chehre pe muskurahat hai, andar se toofan-e-nadamat. Ab nahi hoga pyaar, nahi chahiye koi nayi dastaan, Dil ab thak chuka hai, na mohabbat, na mehmaan. Shaadi ka khayal bhi ab dil se mita diya hai, Har umeed ko khamoshi mein jala diya hai. Jaanta hoon, rounga, sar patkunga tanhai mein, Par ab main done ho gaya hoon — bas khuda ke bharose, is tanhaai mein. Woh kisi aur ki nahi, par meri bhi ab nahi, Aur yahi zeher-e-ishq main har roz peeta hoon, khamoshi mein, chup kahi.