ham ji rahe hain koi bahaana kiye bagair
— Jaun Eliya
Ham jee rahe hain koi bahaana kiye baghair
Us ke baghair us kee tamannaa kiye baghair
Ambaar us kaa parda-e-hurmat banaa miyaan
Deevaar tak nahin giree pardaa kiye baghair
Yaaraan wo jo hai meraa maseehaa-e-jaan-o-dil
Be-had aziiz hai mujhe achchhaa kiye baghair
Main bistar-e-khayaal pe leTaa hoon us ke paas
Sub.h-e-azal se koi taqaazaa kiye baghair
Us kaa hai jo bhee Kuch hai miraa aur main magar
Wo mujh ko chaahiye koi sauda kiye baghair
Ye zindagee jo hai use ma.anaa bhee chaahiye
Va.ada hamen qubool hai iifaa kiye baghair
Ai qaatilon ke shahr bas itnee hee arz hai
Main hoon na qatl koi tamaashaa kiye baghair
Murshid ke jhuuT kee to sazaa be-hisaab hai
Tum chhoDiyo na shahr ko sahraa kiye baghair
Un aanganon men kitnaa sukoon o suroor thaa
Aaraa.ish-e-nazar tiree parvaa kiye baghair
Yaaraan khushaa ye roz o shab-e-dil ki ab hamen
Sab Kuch hai khush-gavaar gavaaraa kiye baghair
Girya-kunaan kee fard men apna nahin hai naam
Ham girya-kun azal ke hain girya kiye baghair
Aakhir hain kaun log jo bakhshe hee jaa.enge
Taareekh ke haraam se tauba kiye baghair
Wo sunnee bachcha kaun thaa jis kee jafaa ne 'jaun'
Shii.aa banaa diyaa hamen shii.aa kiye baghair
Ab tum kabhi na aaoge ya.anee kabhi kabhi
Rukhsat karo mujhe koi va.ada kiye baghair