Shaam ki sardi mein
Jab ghar se hum nikle, 
Mast kuch bachchon ne yaad dilaya The hum bhi kitne befikre.

Beet gaya aane se pehle, 
Waqt kisi ka na hua.
Bachpan le gaya sang apne, 
Phir aaye mudke hai yehi dua.

Kashtiyan kagaz ki banake 
Chalate the paani mein, 
Yehi nahi baarishon mein ghoomne Nikalte the apni cycle pe.

Baarish ka anand nahi, 
Toofanon se darte hain ab,
Woh din bhi kya din the 
Jab apne se lagte the sab.

Kahaniyan sunke khud ko
Doobate us duniya mein, 
Na jhooth, na dikhava, 
Na dhokha tha usmein.

Dil mein thi ek bekarari hamesha, rehta tha khushi ka intezaar, 
Ab hai yakin kismat pe apni, 
Kabhi na lautenge ab woh din raat.