zad-e-rah bhi nahin be-raKHt-e-safar jate hain

marhale aise bhi aksar aae

mere afkar ne jis shai se jila pai hai

wafa ki aas mein dil de ke pachhtaya nahin karte

sar-e-niyaz jhukana koi mazaq nahin

chandni chhiTki hui ho to ghazal hoti hai

kaha ye kis ne mujhe zindagi se pyar nahin

ye ruashni-e-taba dikhane ki aarzu

KHayal-o-fikr jahan zawiye badalte hain

ek barq-e-tapan kaudde bijli si chamke jae

nazar ne kaam kiya dil ke tarjuman ki tarah

mana ki lab-e-zaKHm duhai nahin deta

aap apni naqab hai pyare

ye surmai aafaq ye shamon ke dhundalke

nazar milate nahin muskurae jate hain