Safar hai yeh zindagi ‘sahil’ baat maqaam ki to nahin ki

Raahi hai tu, chalte chal, baat gaam ki to nahin ki

Jahan gaye tu saath tha Maula tujhe subh ba khair

Hum ne bhi to kabhi koi baat haraam ki to nahin ki

Jab bhi aayi ghadi koi aise muhaal waqt ki, riza rab ki thi nadaan

Hum ne bhi kabhi giley shikwon ki baat, nizaam ki to nahin ki

Maalik jahan ka ek hai aur naam us ka hai sirf khuda

Shaikh, hum ne baat na teri, kisi ghulaam ki to nahin ki

Dilon dilon ki baat thi isi liye hum ne jaanan, aaj

Hijaab tera bhi dekh kar baat mahraam ki to nahin ki

Jaanam, nadi tumhari aur thi kashti bhi tumhari aur

Hum ne baat tum se koi kisi inzimaam ki to nahin ki

Sheeshon ki baat ho rahi hai naazuk hain dil yahan

Naraaz kyon hai Saqi tu, baat mai o jaam ki to nahin ki

Purdah hata de zara saqiya teri muskaan bhi to dekh lun

Nigahon ka milna laazim nahin, baat salaam ki to nahin ki

Phal Phoolan ki baat ho rahi thi chaman men, milne ki baat to nahin

Hum ne bhi baat zamin ki ki thi, sar e baam ki to nahin ki

Zindagi ki baat ki hai mehboob, dharakte dilon ki baat

Aziyat is men kya hain jaanan, dawaam ki to nahin ki

“Sahil”, milna chaahe to aa jaana tu phir chaman men aaj

Armaanon ki baat karta hun main, anjaam ki to nahin ki

Maqaam place

Gaam. Footstep

Muhaal. Mushkil

Riza. Marzi

Nizam. Arrangements

Mahraam. One permitted into ladies area

Inzimaam. Confluence. Proximity

Sar e baam. Rooftop

Dawaam. Eternity