aa.ina ruuTh gayā hai tire jaane ke baad
ik añdherā sā bichhā hai tire jaane ke baad
kis qadar TuuT ke barse haiñ ye bādal ġham ke
āsmāñ chīḳh uThā hai tire jaane ke baad
dil ke TukḌe hue barsāt huī ashkoñ kī
kyā kahūñ kyā kyā huā hai tire jaane ke baad
zehn bhī chup hai zabāñ chup hai nazar bhī chup hai
ham ne bhī kuchh na kahā hai tire jaane ke baad
chīḳhtā khañDar hai rotī hai havelī dil kī
ghar ye āseb-zada hai tire jaane ke baad
ghar meñ dīpak hī jalā hai na koī sham-e-vafā
muddatoñ dil hī jalā hai tire jaane ke baad
aisī Thokar kabhī khaa.ī na thī is se pahle
mujh ko sadma sā lagā hai tire jaane ke baad
ye zamāna hī nahīñ ḳhud se bhī 'arpit' mujh ko
kuchh ta.alluq na rahā hai tire jaane ke baad