ek aaina ru-ba-ru hai abhi

log be-mehr na hote honge

hua yun ki phir mujhe zindagi ne basar kiya

gul par kya kuchh bit gai hai

jo dil mein thi nigah si nigah mein kiran si thi

hamare shahr ke logon ka ab ahwal itna hai

wo tishnagi thi ki shabnam ko honT tarse hain

bas ek bar manaya tha jashn-e-mahrumi

wo kaisi aas thi ada jo ku-ba-ku liye phiri

jis ki jaanib ada nazar na uThi

kanTa sa jo chubha tha wo lau de gaya hai kya

KHamushi se hui fughan se hui

jis ki baaton ke fasane likkhe

mizaj-o-martaba-e-chashm-e-nam ko pahchane

koi tair idhar nahin aata