jalti hui mashaal, nigaahon mein yahaan,
kaho bhasm kar doon ye jahaan?

kyun baandhaa khud ko bandhan mein,
jo rok na saka is krandan se.

bewafa nikle wo to yaad aaya,
jaane kyun unse pehchaan kee.
seene ke daag abhi chupe nahi the,
kyun lagaayi aag veeraan si?

vismit hoon, hairaan bhi,
fir maine dil ko khwahishon ki hawaa dee.