Kisi qabil bhi na rehta, ‘Sahil’ tu kabhi
Qasam khuda ki tod kar, imaan tu kabhi
Muntazir hai raah, ja rahi alvidah
Mat dekhna mُud kar idher tu kabhi
Dastoor hai jahan ka, purana yeh bohat
Jaye ga ik din chod kar hamein tu kabhi
Mat samjha usool Khumgah ke, saqi
Jaam par jaam pi tu kabhi
‘Sahil’, ajab hai junoon-e- shayari tera
Ke hosh mein na aaya, sar phod kar tu kabhi