ho gaya aaina-e-haal bhi gard-aluda

aansu hain kafan-posh sitare hain kafan-rang

is soch mein baiThe hain jhukae hue sar hum

wo bhiD hai ki DhunDhna tera to darkinar

kam-zarf ki niyyat kya pighla hua loha hai

qafas bhi bigDi hui shakl hai nasheman ki

charagh sajda jala ke dekho hai but-kada dafn zer-e-kaba

zara dekho ye sarkash zarra-e-KHak

ye ek laDi ke sab chhiTke hue moti hain

aankhon par apni rakh kar sahil ki aastin ko

qafas se dur sahi mausam-e-bahaar to hai

aah ye aansu pyare pyare

har ashk-e-surKH hai daman-e-shab mein aag ka phul

aag aur dhuan aur hawas aur hai ishq aur

aankhen khulin to jag uThin hasraten tamam