yak-ba-yak jaan se guzarna to hai aasan anjum

sar-e-rah mil ke bichhaD gae tha bas ek pal ka wo hadsa

baat kuchh hogi yaqinan jo ye hote hain nisar

charag chand shafaq sham phul jhil saba

aaya tha pichhli raat dabe panw mere ghar

lahje ka ras hansi ki dhanak chhoD kar gaya

safar mein har qadam rah rah ke ye taklif hi dete

meri nazar mein aa gaya hai jab se ek sahifa-ruKH

yaad hai qissa-e-gham ka mujhe har lafz abhi

isne dekha hai sar-e-bazm sitamgar ki tarah

kya ajab hai ki ye muTThi mein hamari aa jae

hum fana-nasibon ko aur kuchh nahin aata

lamhe lamhe mein hua jata hun reza reza

koi purana KHat kuchh bhuli-bisri yaad

palkon pe jugnuon ka basera hai waqt-e-sham