subh har ujaale pe raat kaa gumaan kyuun hai
— Ali Sardar Jafri
Sub.h har ujaale pe raat kaa gumaan kyuun hai
Jal rahi hai kya dhartee arsh pe dhuaan kyuun hai
Khanjaron kee saazish par kab talak ye khaamoshee
Ruuh kyuun hai yakh-basta naghma be-zabaan kyuun hai
Raasta nahin chalte sirf khaak uDaate hain
Kaarvaan se bhee aage gard-e-kaarvaan kyuun hai
Kuch kamee nahin lekin koi kuch to batlaao
Ishq is sitamgar kaa shauq kaa ziyaan kyuun hai
Ham to ghar se nikle the jeetne ko dil sab kaa
Tegh haath men kyuun hai dosh par kamaan kyuun hai
Ye hai bazm-e-mai-noshee is men sab baraabar hain
Phir hisaab-e-saaqee men suud kyuun ziyaan kyuun hai
Den kis nigah kee hai kin labon kee barakat hai
Tum men 'ja.afaree' itnee shokhee-e-bayaan kyuun hai