**banaa gulaab to kaaNTe chubhaa gayaa ek shaKhs
banaa gulaab to kaaNTen chubha gayaa ik shaKhs
huaa chiraaG to ghar hii jalaa gayaa ik shaKhs
tamaam rang mere aur saare Khvaab mere
fasaanaa kah ke fasaanaa banaa gayaa ik shaKhs
main kis havaa mein uruN kis fazaa mein laharauN
dukhon ke jaal har-suu bichhaa gayaa ik shaKhs
palaT sakuN man na aage barh sakuN jis par
mujhe ye kaun se raaste lagaa gayaa ik shaKhs
muhabbaten bhii ajiib us kii nafaraten bhii kamaal
merii tarah kaa hii mujh men samaa gayaa ik shaKhs
vo mahataab thaa marham-ba-dast aayaa thaa
magar kuchh aur sivaa dil dukhaa gayaa ik shaKhs
khulaa ye raaz ke aa_iinaa-Khaanaa hai duniyaa
aur is mein mujh ko tamaashaa banaa gayaa ik shaKhs
**