ab to miliye bas laDai ho chuki

kiya hai aane ka wada to usne

ab wo baaten na wo raaten na mulaqaten hain

in wafadari ke wadon ko ilahi kya hua

ek wo ki aarzuon pe jite hain umr bhar

raat bhar un ka tasawwur dil ko taDpata raha

ab ji mein hai ki un ko bhula kar hi dekh len

muddaten ho gain bichhDe hue tum se lekin

hai qayamat tere shabab ka rang

aarzu wasl ki rakhti hai pareshan kya kya

ishq ko naghma-e-ummid suna de aa kar

uske ahd-e-shabab mein jina

kis ko fursat thi zamane ke sitam sahne ki

miT chale meri umidon ki tarah harf magar

chaman mein rahne walon se to hum sahra-nashin achchhe