aarzū tadbīr ho kar rah ga.ī
justujū tāḳhīr ho kar rah ga.ī
sard sannāTā musallat ho gayā
be-hisī zanjīr ho kar rah ga.ī
soch kī āvāz kitnī tez hai
ḳhāmushī taqrīr ho kar rah ga.ī
jab bhī kī tahrīr apnī dāstāñ
terī hī tasvīr ho kar rah ga.ī
kaaT hai alfāz kī kitnī shadīd
guftugū shamshīr ho kar rah ga.ī
aah ye din rain kī bechain soch
jo mirī taqdīr ho kar rah ga.ī
said-e-taḳhrīb-e-ḳhirad hai zindagī
hasrat-e-tāmīr ho kar rah ga.ī
harf-e-sanjīda thī rūdād-e-ḳhirad
kitnī be-tāsīr ho kar rah ga.ī
ahd-e-hāzir kī kitābī shā.irī
fikr kī jāgīr ho kar rah ga.ī
mere fikr-o-fan kī azmat āḳhirash
shoḳhi-e-tahrīr ho kar rah ga.ī
'kirshn' mohan ḳhvāb kī tābīr bhī
dard kī tafsīr ho kar rah ga.ī