आज मुद्दतों बाद...

"Aaj muddato baad;
meine jaam ko hath lagaya hai,

jaise kisi hamsafar ko;
sath mein apne paya hai...

wo sath jo kabhi kisi ko
bhulane ko liya karte the,

uski yaado ke saaye me;
zeher jo thoda piya krte the...

fir ek din kisi hamrahi ke kehne par;

us hamsafar ko mene chhod diya,

jb mene apni ashiqi ka rukh;
uski mohabbat ki taraf mod diya...

wo mohabbat jiski khatir; me duniya se ruth gya,

usi mohabbat ki ruswai me; yaaro fir se me tut gya...

tute huye ashiqo ka fir; huya ek hi anjam hai,

ek hath me maikhana or duje me ashq ka jaam hai,

wo jaam jo hamari adhuri mohabbat k naam hai...

or wo hi naam lekar,

aaj muddato baad;meine jaam ko hath lagaya hai,

jaise kisi hamsafar ko;
sath mein apne paya hai..."