zawal-e-umr ke parde mein hai hijab kahan

jabin pe shahr ki likh kar faza udasi ki

pur-shor talatum ka mudawa koi aahaT

aarzu kaamran nahin lagti

ek masum tamanna ki faza thi kal tak

har samt uDi gard mere shahr-e-guman mein

dil mein KHayal-e-ishq tha mehman ki tarah

aarzu aabaad hai bikhre khanDar ke aas pas

dil mein baiTha tha ek Dar shayad

anokha kuchh kahan aisa hua hai

har taraf mauj-e-bala ki si rawani dekhi

andaz kisi ka hai sada aur kisi ki

mohabbaton ki inayaton se hua hai dil ye KHarab baba

zard patta jo Dal se nikla

kabhi nazuk kabhi behad kaDa hai