har bashar ka maqam likkha hai

waqt-e-shab gum hua saya to mujhe yaad aaya

dil ro raha hai aankh mein lekin nami nahin

in dinon ji dukha sa rahta hai

log muddat mein bana pate hain ghar

gham nahin kuchh bhi agar barson ka yarana gaya

aansuon se dil ke in daghon ko dho leta hun main

ab ada humse namaz-e-zindagi hoti nahin

ye kahani ye fasana bas isi shab bhar ka hai

teri be-niyaziyon ka mujhe kuchh gila nahin hai

kisi ke ahd ka dil raazdar aaj bhi hai

dar-e-ummid wa nahin hota

jo ruKH se parda uThao to koi baat bane

jab bhi girta hun tham leta hai

dard ban ke kabhi gham ban ke satata hi raha