chaDha hua tha wo dariya agar hamare liye

ye kaisa KHun hai ki bah raha hai na jam raha hai

bichhaD ke KHak hue hum to kya zara dekho

hum ko aawargi kis dasht mein lai hai ki ab

tariki ke raat azab hi kya kam the

ye jo dhuan dhuan sa hai dasht-e-guman ke aas-pas

yahin gum hua tha kai bar main

dekhna hi jo shart Thahri hai

shor harim-e-zat mein aaKHir uTTha kyun

suna hai shahr ka naqsha badal gaya mahfuz

kahan kisi ko thi fursat fuzul baaton ki

us se milna aur bichhaDna der tak phir sochna

zaKHmon ko ashk-e-KHun se sairab kar raha hun

ye shughl-e-zabani bhi be-sarfa nahin aaKHir

ab is makan mein naya koi dar nahin karna