rota hun qadr-dan-e-mata-e-hunar ko main

hath mein jab tak qalam tha tajribe likhte rahe

daryaft kar ke KHud ko zamane se dur hun

wo ek sajda ki jo be-rukua hota hai

sham kajlai hui raat abhagan jaisi

humse puchha kya biti hai aaKHir-e-shab ke maron par

in andheron se pare is shab-e-gham se aage

yun zindagi guzar rahi hai meri

hamare jismon mein din hi ka zahr kya kam tha

sahme se the parind basera udas tha

nigah aaina hai aks-e-mustaar hun main

gum-shuda sae DhunDhta hun main

khela bachpan jhuma laDakpan lahki jawani chaubaron mein

uThao lauh-o-qalam hadse tamam likhun

bahut hassas-o-nazuk aabgine wala main tanha