ab wo jo nahin unki tamanna bhi bahut hai

mere safar ki haden KHatm ab kahan hongi

wo mah-wash hai zamin par nazar jhukae hue

apne jine ko kya puchho subh bhi goya raat rahi

aksar baiThe tanhai ki zulfen hum suljhate hain

yahi sunte aae hain ham-nashin kabhi ahd-e-shuq-e-kamal mein

jahan mein rah ke bhi hum kab jahan mein rahte hain

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

shoala sa koi barq-e-nazar se nahin uThta

main ham-nafasan jism hun wo jaan ki tarah tha

ishq to sari umr ka ek pesha nikla

use main talash kahan karun wo uruj hai main zawal hun

dil dasht hai wafur-e-tamanna ghubar hai

KHwahish mein sukun ki wahi shorish-talbi hai

zahr in ke hain mere dekhe hue bhaale hue