dar aaya andhera aankhon mein aur sab manzar dhundlae hain

hamrah mere koi musafir na chala tha

gae baras ki yahi baat yaadgar rahi

qafas ko le ke uDna paD raha hai

unki sharminda-e-ehsan si ho jati hai

wo to aaina-numa tha mujhko

majbur hain par itne to majbur bhi nahin

kitne aasan raste hote

hum to gawah hain ki ghalat tha likha gaya

zauq-e-nazar ko izn-e-nazara na mil saka