aae mashriq se shahsawar bahut

ye chalti-phirti si lashen shumar karne ko

chand kohre ke jaziron mein bhaTakta hoga

yak-ba-yak kyun band darwaze hue

sham se zoron pe tufan hai bahut

nigah-e-shauq kyun mail nahin hai

lail-e-shab-tab chaTanon mein nahin

ye ab ke kaisi mushkil ho gai hai

mujhko marne ki koi ujlat na thi

KHud KHamoshi ke hisaron mein rahe

bas usi ka safar-e-shab mein talabgar hai kya

KHud hi be-asra karte hain

sahar-na-ashna koi nahin hai

shanasa-e-haqiqat ho gae hain

hum kahan kunj-nashinon mein rahe