sayon ki zad mein aa gain sari ghulam-gardishen

sab se achchha kah ke usne mujhko ruKHsat kar diya

bayaban dur tak maine sajaya tha

galiyon ki udasi puchhti hai ghar ka sannaTa kahta hai

din andheron ki talab mein guzra

zamanon ko uDanen barq ko raftar deta tha

kashti bhi nahin badli dariya bhi nahin badla

wo log mutmain hain ki patthar hain un ke pas

barud ke badle hathon mein aa jae kitab to achchha ho

KHushbu giraft-e-aks mein laya aur uske baad

nam likh likh ke tera phul banane wala

hum to wahan pahunch nahin sakte tamam umr

baghair uske ab aaram bhi nahin aata

kitab-e-arzu ke gum-shuda kuchh bab rakkhe hain

karunga kya jo mohabbat mein ho gaya nakaam