wo kahan waqt ki moDenge inan aur taraf

chup hai wo mohr-ba-lab main bhi rahun achchha hai

wahi ek fareb hasrat ki tha baKHshish-e-nigaran

bikhar jaegi sham aahista bolo

samajh mein KHak ye jadugari nahin aati

jo ho wara-e-zat wo jina hi aur hai

itna hi nahin hai ki tere bin na raha jae

duniya hi ki rah pe aaKHir rafta rafta aana hoga

ima-e-ghazal karti hain mausam ki adaen

ummid ke ufuq se na uTTha ghubar tak

naghma yun saz mein taDpa meri jaan ho jaise

ek tamanna ki sahar se kahin kho jati hai

ru bhi aks-e-ru bhi main