siyahi pherti jati hain raaten bahr o bar pe

milna aur bichhaD jaana kisi raste par

sochta hun ki us se bach niklun

jise anjam tum samajhti ho

ye kaun utra pae-gasht apni masnad se

main aag dekhta tha aag se juda kar ke

teri aashufta-mizaji ai dil

shahzadi tujhe kaun batae tere charag-kade tak

aankhon mein damak uTThi hai taswir-e-dar-o-baam

husn-e-bahaar mujhko mukammal nahin laga

panw sakit ho gae sarwat kisi ko dekh kar

miTTi pe numudar hain pani ke zaKHire

dasht chhoDa to kya mila sarwat

kyun girafta-dil nazar aati hai ai sham-e-firaq

umr ka koh-e-giran aur shab-o-roz mere