shamim-e-zulf o gul-e-tar nahin to kuchh bhi nahin

na koi aah na koi KHalish na dard na gham

is but ke har fareb pe qurban se rahe

bite hue dinon ki halawat kahan se laen

tujhse nazar mila kar diwana ho gaya main

meri shaeri aur naqqad

gul

tawaif

chashm-e-sawal!

baDe naz se aaj ubhra hai suraj

jab kashti sabit-o-salim thi sahil ki tamanna kis ko thi

hamin hain soz hamin saz hain hamin naghma

kabhi dard ki tamanna kabhi koshish-e-mudawa

ya ashkon ka rona tha mujhe ya aksar rota rahta hun

muKHtasar ye hai hamari dastan-e-zindagi