mahtab-e-wajud paDhte hain

wo bichhaD kar niDhaal tha hi nahin

gar dil se bhulai meri chahat nahin jati

azab-e-hijr se anjaan thoDi hota hai

aankh se gham nihan nahin hote

koi hijr hai na visal hai

zabt honTon pe aa gaya to phir

koi aisa kamal ho jae

aks bhi arsa-e-hairan mein rakkha hua hai

jo tu mera muqaddar bante bante rah gaya hai

bhari raat mein jagna paD gaya hai

ab kahan uski zarurat hai hamein

dhul hi dhul aDi hai mujh mein

ye jo subh ke bich diwar-e-shab si uThi lagti hai

abhi se taq-e-talab par na tu saja mujhko