dard ko hum zindagi ka kaif-o-kam kahte rahe

uTha jo dast-e-sitam qatl-e-be-nawa ke liye

aankhon mein kahin uske bhi tufan to nahin tha

dil ki aaraish-e-alam ka tamasha dekhe

zanjir se uThti hai sada sahmi hui si

phir hunar-mandon ke ghar se be-hunar jata hun main

tabinda husn-e-raaz-e-bahaaran hamin se hai

wo jis ki dastan phaili dil-e-diwana mera tha

raushni ban ke sitaron mein rawan rahte hain

gham ki garmi se dil pighalte rahe

hum kabhi chashm-e-zamana mein na pinhan honge

dil KHun hai dil ka haal raqam ho to kis tarah

khuli faza ka ubharta nahin saman ghar mein

aankhon mein kahin uski bhi tufan to nahin tha

phir usi shahr ka fasana chheD