hua hai ahl-e-sahil par asar kya

jita hun jo mar mar ke ye jina to nahin hai

taskin de sakenge na jam-o-subu mujhe

taswir-e-zindagi mein naya rang bhar gae

phir uThi aaj wo nigah-e-naz

lau de uTha charagh-e-tamanna bujha hua

pur-kaif bahaaron ne bhi dil toD diya hai

arbab-e-gulistan ka chalan dekh raha hun

hai aafat-e-jaan husn ki shoKHi bhi ada bhi

ab kya kahen kisi se ye apni zaban se hum

yak-ba-yak ye ho gae andaz kya

chehra-e-zindagi nikhar aaya

ab wo kahte hain muddaa kahiye

sach to ye hai ki tamannaon ki jaan hoti hai

faeda kya tumhein sunane ka