qatra Thik hai dariya hone mein nuqsan bahut hai

salgirah par kitni nek tamannaen mausul huin

hadd-e-guman se ek shaKHs dur kahin chala gaya

ilm ka dam bharna chhoDo bhi aur amal ko bhul bhi jao

tujhse bhi kab hui tadbir meri wahshat ki

faqir-e-shahr bhi raha hun shahryar bhi magar

hamare shahr ki riwayaton mein ek ye bhi tha

jal uThen yaadon ki qindilen sadaen Dub jaen

lams-e-sada-e-saz ne zaKHm nihaal kar diye

na dastaken na sada kaun dar pe aaya hai

abhi hamein guzarni hai ek umr-e-muKHtasar

KHwab-e-ziyan hain umr ka KHwab hain hasil-e-hayat

raaton ko jagte hain isi waste ki KHwab

tu maujud hai main madum hun is ka matlab ye hai

samai kis tarah meri aankhon ki putliyon mein