Rah purkhaar hai kya hona hai

Khushk hai khoon ke dushman zaalim
Sakht khoonkhaar hai kya hona hai

Hum ko bid kar wohi karna jis se
Dost bezaar hai kya hona hai

Tan ki ab kaun khabar le haaye haaye
Dil ka aazaar hai kya hona hai

Meethe sharbat de Maseeha jab bhi
Zid hai inkaar hai kya hona hai

Dil ke teemaar hamaara karta
Aap beemaar hai kya hona hai

Par kate tang qafas aur bulbul
Nau giraftaar hai kya hona hai

Chhup ke logon se kiye jis ke gunaah
Woh khabardaar hai kya hona hai

Are o mujrim be-parwa dekh
Sar pe talwaar hai kya hona hai

Tere beemaar ko mere Isa
Ghash lagaataar hai kya hona hai

Nafs pur-zor ka woh zor aur dil
Zair hai zaar hai kya hona hai

Kaam zindaan ke kiye aur hamein
Shauq-e-gulzaar hai kya hona hai

Haaye re neend musaafir teri
Kooch tayyaar hai kya hona hai

Door jaana hai raha din thoda
Raah dushwaar hai kya hona hai

Ghar bhi jaana hai musaafir ke nahin
Mat pe kya maar hai kya hona hai

Jaan halkaan hui jaati hai
Baar sa baar hai kya hona hai

Paar jaana hai nahin milti naao
Zor par dhaar hai kya hona hai

Raah to tegh par aur talwon ko
Gilah-e-khaar hai kya hona hai

Roshni ki hamein aadat aur ghar
Teerah-o-taar hai kya hona hai

Beech mein aag ka dariya haail
Qasd us paar hai kya hona hai

Is kari dhoop ko kyon kar jhelen
Shola-zan naar hai kya hona hai

Haaye bigri to kahaan aa kar naao
Ain manjhdhaar hai kya hona hai

Kal to deedaar ka din aur yahaan
Aankh bekaar hai kya hona hai

Munh dikhaane ka nahin aur sahar
Aam darbaar hai kya hona hai

Un ko rahm aaye to aaye warna
Woh kari maar hai kya hona hai

Le woh haakim ke sipaahi aaye
Subah izhaar hai kya hona hai

Waan nahin baat banaane ki majaal
Chaara iqraar hai kya hona hai

Saath waalon ne yahin chhod diya
Be-kasi yaar hai kya hona hai

Aakhri deed hai aao mil len
Ranj bekaar hai kya hona hai

Dil hamein tum se lagaana hi na tha
Ab safar baar hai kya hona hai

Jaane waalon pe yeh rona kaisa
Bandah naachaar hai kya hona hai

Naz'a mein dhyaan na bat jaaye kahin
Yeh abas pyaar hai kya hona hai

Us ka gham hai ke har ek ki soorat
Gale ka haar hai kya hona hai

Baatein kuchh aur bhi tum se karte
Par kahaan waar hai kya hona hai