raat ek nadar ka ghar jal gaya tha aur bas

kya baDhega wo tasawwur ki hadon se aage

hae us minnat-kash-e-wahm-o-guman ki justuju

unki nigah-e-naz ki gardish ke sath sath

mauj-e-tufan se nikal kar bhi salamat na rahe

is faisle pe luT gai duniya-e-eatibar

husn-e-iKHlas hi nahin warna

jab maslahat-e-waqt se gardan ko jhuka kar

agar tum mil bhi jate to na hota KHatm afsana

ahd-e-aghaz-e-tamanna bhi mujhe yaad nahin

adhura ho ke hun kitna mukammal

hanste hanste bahe hain aansu bhi

zindagi se koi manus to ho le pahle

sharik-e-dard nahin jab koi to ai shaukat

nigah ko bhi mayassar hai dil ki gahrai