itab mein jo tumhaare dahan se nikle hain
kali kali ko diya baghban lahu humne
gham ata kar ki shadmani de
tabah kar ke har ek naqsh-e-jism-o-jaan humne
samajh rahe the ki ab shab gai sahar aai
na kaliyan muskuraati hain na phulon par nikhaar aae
farogh-e-zulmat-e-shab tak hi jagmagaenge
tu KHud kahan hai qafila-e-salar dekhna
shikwa-e-gham bhi gaya taqat-e-goyai bhi
jo kisi par na hua ho wo sitam ho to kaho
KHam hai meri mohabbat warna ye aalam na ho
agar KHud apne maraatib se aashna ho jae
sitare palkon pe jalwa-gar the shikast-e-azm-e-fughan se pahle
bazm-e-rang-o-bu ka hun main raazdan tanha
sawal shukr-o-shikayat ka ab raha hi nahin
