qad se kuchh mawara charagh jale

sham saja ke kya karen yaad ka ehtimam bhi

bas teri had se tujhe aage rasai nahin di

raghbat hai jinko wasl ki tere wajud se

sar uThaya mazhabi diwar par paTka hua

raat ki KHamoshi ka matha Thanka tha

hai ajab dhund jidhar aankh uTha kar dekhun

kahan bashaarat-e-fasl-e-bahaar lai thi

suKHan ka us se yara bhi nahin hai

kuchh der meri KHak uDi hai meri jagah

hum be-gharon ke dil mein jagati hai Dar gali

kaisi zamin sukun kahan ka kahan ki chhanw