rashk-e-mahtab jahan-tab tha har qarya-e-jaan

shikast-e-abla-e-dil mein naghmagi hai bahut

udas udas sar-e-saghar-o-subu bhi main

bedil ka taKHayyul hun na ghaalib ki nawa hun

jo lab pe na laun wahi sheron mein kahun main

sukut-e-marg mein kyun rah-e-naghma-gar dekhun

wo jis ka rang salona hai baadalon ki tarah

apni aankhon se to dariya bhi sarab-asa mile

is ehtimam se parwane peshtar na jale

yahi nahin ki faqat teri justuju bhi main

yun to har ek shaKHs hi talib samar ka hai

kis munh se zindagi ko wo raKHshanda kah saken

jab bhi teri qurbat ke kuchh imkan nazar aae

nazar nazar se wo kaliyan khila khila bhi gaya

har shaKHs ko aise dekhta hun