kya wasl ki saat ko tarasne ke liye tha

kya karta main ham-asron ne tanha mujh par chhoD diya

bane hue hain fasil-e-nazar dar-o-diwar

ye iztirab dekhna ye intishaar dekhna

yun toD na muddat ki shanasai idhar aa

jo honTon pe mohr-e-KHamoshi laga di

pir-e-mughan ko qibla-e-hajat kah gaya

diwaron par gili rekhaen roti hain

shahr bhar mein kahin raunaq thi na tabani thi

bab-e-tilism-e-hosh-ruba mil gaya mujhe

ghaugha khaTpaT chiKHam dhaD

ab du-ba-du tujhse baat howe

KHushk aankhon se nikal kar aasman par phail ja

ek masraf-e-auqat-e-shabina nikal aaya

jaan-ba-lab waise hi the aur hamein mar chala