jise pala tha ek muddat tak aaghosh-e-tamanna mein

kaba o dair mein jalwa nahin yaksan un ka

mere danton ki umr ai aarzu mujhse bhi chhoTi thi

kisi ko kya KHabar ai subh waqt-e-sham kya hoga

ye raat bhayanak hijr ki hai kaTenge baDe aalam se hum

hazaron aarzuen sath hain is par akeli hai

siyahkar siyah-ru KHata-shiar aaya

bhaga to bahut tha maut se main kam-baKHt ne lekin aan liya

yahi mauqa hai zamane se guzar jaane ka

ta-umr aashna na hua dil gunah ka

shab ko meri chashm-e-hasrat ka sab dard-e-dil un se kah jaana

ab bhi ek umr pe jine ka na andaz aaya

kyun ho bahana-ju na qaza sar se panw tak

kya faqat talib-e-didar tha musa tera

ghaflat mein hui auqat basar ai umr-e-gurezan kuchh na kiya