samaat par dabaw waqt ka munh-zor hota hai

sard rahon mein bhaTakti hui shamon ki tarah

jahez kam tha bahu aag mein utari hai

raushni jab mangte hain ye diye ki lau se puchh

nahin malum jine ka hunar kaisa rakha hai

kafan jab si rahe the log mera

aankh meri ulaT gai hogi

qalam mein raushni kam aur dhuan ziyaada hai

maut bhi kuchh zindagi se kam nahin

yun shab-e-hijr bitai maine

KHud ko jab KHud se kisi rose rihai dungi

durun-e-chashm har ek KHwab mar raha hai bas

titliyan jugnu shajar KHushbu parinde chhoD kar

in hawaon ki na lag jae nazar

lamha lamha sochne wali aankhen thin