wo ghir ke aaya ghaTaon ki tirgi ki tarah

puchho mujhe ai ham-nafasan kaun hun kya hun

rahon ke unch-nich zara dekh-bhaal ke

nawah-e-shauq mein hai ek dayar-e-nikhat-e-gul

numayan aur bhi ruKH teri be-ruKHi mein rahe

hamein chaar samt ki dauD mein wahi gard-e-baad-e-sada mila

ghirte baadal mein tanhai kaisi lagti hai

be-dili wo hai ki marne ki tamanna bhi nahin

andhere din ki safarat ko aae hain ab ke

un se wo rasm-e-mulaqat chali jati hai

wo teri inayat ki saza yaad hai ab tak

dil hai to muqamat-e-fughan aur bhi honge

kya mila ai zindagi qanun-e-fitrat se mujhe

ab ke qimar-e-ishq bhi Thahra ek hunar danai ka

hasil-e-zist ishq hi to nahin