daur-e-hazir ki bazm mein bekal

yun to kai kitaben paDhin zehn mein magar

hum bhaTakte rahe andhere mein

badan ki aanch se sanwla gae hain pairahan

har ek lahza meri dhaDkanon mein chubhti thi

KHuda kare mera munsif saza sunane par

ulajh rahe hain bahut log meri shohrat se

wo the jawab ke sahil pe muntazir lekin

farsh ta arsh koi nam-o-nishan mil na saka

azm-e-mohkam ho to hoti hain balaen paspa

us ka jawab ek hi lamhe mein KHatm tha

log to ja ke samundar ko jala aae hain

na jaane kaun sa nashsha hai un pe chhaya hua

bich saDak ek lash paDi thi aur ye likkha tha

ishq-wishiq ye chahat-wahat man ka bhulawa phir man bhi apna kya