bas ek hi kaifiyyat-e-dil subh-o-masa hai

tha bahut be-dard lekin hausla deta raha

manzil-e-marg mein jine ki ada rakhta hun

band aankhon se na husn-e-shab ka andaza laga

didani ab safar-e-zist ka manzar hoga

aah bargah-e-husn mein jalwon ka asar dekh

hisar-e-dil se udhar bhi haqiqaten hain bahut

hum ki KHamosh hue ahl-e-bayan dekhte hain

azab-e-be-dili-e-jaan-e-mubtala na gaya

aaKHir humne taur purana chhoD diya

hairan hun ki ye kaun sa dastur-e-wafa hai

manus ho gae hain andhe purane ghar se

wo jo ab dil ki rahguzar mein nahin

baiTha hun waqf-e-matam-e-hasti miTa hua

darwaza tere shahr ka wa chahiye mujhko