ai shauq-e-dil bhi ek muamma ajib hai
sochta hun yahan kis se hai shanasai meri
meri hayat ke sahra mein chhanw jaisa tha
jis shaKHs ko dekho wahi sargarm-e-safar hai
siyah-raat pasheman hai ham-rakabi se
ab chand nahin koi sitara nahin koi
jalta raha charagh yaqin-o-guman ka
aaj yun hasti-e-imkan-o-guman se nikle
ek umr se jis ko liye phirta hun nazar mein
kya kahiye rah-e-shauq ko kis tarah sar kiya
chandni jis ki dar-e-jaan pe hum aksar dekhen
ek hum hain gila karne ki himmat nahin karte
kam-nigahi bhi hai KHamoshi bhi ruposhi bhi
aankhon mein uski Dub ke ubhra nahin hun main
kya din the gulabon se shanasai thi apni
