Dil-e-be khabar zara hosla

Dil-e-be khabar, zara hosla..!

Koi aisa ghar bhi hai shehar mein, 

jahan har makeen ho mutma’in?

Koi aisa din bhi kahee’n pe hai, 

jisay khof-e-aamad-e-shab nahi?

Ye jo gard baad-e-zamaa’n hai, ye azal se hai, koi ab nahi..!

Dil-e-be khabar, zara hosla..!

Ye jo khaar hain tere paao’n mein, 

ye jo zakhm hain tere hath mein

Ye jo khwab phirtay hain dar-ba-dar, 

ye jo bat uljhi hai bat mein

Ye jo log bethay hain ja-ba-ja, kisi an-banay se dayaar mein

Sabhi aik jese hain sar-giraa’n, gham-e-zindagi k fishar mein

Ye saraab yunhi sada se hain, isi raigzaar-e-hayat mein

Ye jo raat hai tere chaar-su, nahi sirf teri hi ghaat mein

Dil-e-be khabar, zara hosla..! 

Tere saamnay wo kitab hai, jo bikhar gyi ho waraq waraq

Hmain apnay hissay k waqt mein, isay jorna hai sabaq sabaq

Hain ibaart’ain zara mukhtalif, magar aik asl-e-sawal hai

Jo samajh sako to ye zindagi, kisi haft-khwaa’n ki misaal hai 

Dil-e-be khabar zara hosla, nahi mustaqil koi marhala

Kya ajab keh kal ko yaqeen banay, 

ye jo muztarab sa khayal hai

Kisi roshni mein ho munqalib, kisi sarkhushi ka naqeeb ho

Ye jo shab numa si hai be-dili, ye jo zard-ru sa malal hai 

Dil-e-be khabar, zara hosla…!