miTTi jab tak nam rahti hai

sham hi se baras rahi hai raat

sher-o-suKHan ka shahr nahin ye shahr-e-izzat-daran hai

jin aankhon se mujhe tum dekhte ho

un jhil si gahri aankhon mein

shahr mein jaise koi aaseb hai

aks-e-zulf-e-rawan nahin jata

aaj mauzu-e-guftugu hai hayat

sahra-e-be-KHayal mein jal-thal kahan ke hain

haal-e-dil puchhte ho kya tumne

alfaz mein band hain maani

tere aane ka intizar raha

aahaTen sun raha hun yaadon ki

us se kahna ki kabhi aa ke mile

is ghar ki sari diwaren shishe ki hain