agar tum hote yahan to kuch aur mukaam hota
to ye ashq yun na peete rehte hum

kuch tum kehte kuch hum kehte
un baaton mein pal bhar jee lete hum

tere bin bhi jeete hain kuch zyaada ashq peete hain
kya wakya hota gar pyar bharaa jaam peete hum

rashq hai tere ishq pe jo haasil hua
kaash tujhe bhi haasil kar lete hum

kashmakash se jeete hain aajkal hosh nahin apna
kabhi sajda karte to khuda ko pehchaan lete hum

khwab si lagti hai zindagi har lamha kisi ka taar hota hai
kya khush hote zauq jo apni kismat khud likhte hum

---zauq (my pen name and not the great poet by same name)