tausan-e-tab-e-rasā ke paañv meñ kuchh lañg hai
lekin is sūrat meñ chup rahnā bhī vaj.h-e-nañg hai
nasr-e-nazm-ālūd hai ye tarz-e-nau kī shā.erī
maash kī khichḌī hai jo puurī tarah pakkī na ho
is ke andar zindagī kī qadr karte ho talāsh
aur liye phirtā hai bhaa.ī dūsre bhaa.ī kī laash
dariyā meñ sher ḳhaak uḌātā thā naav par
bismil do-zānū baiThā thā pusht-e-bilāv par
tarz-e-nau kī shā.erī kī koī kal sīdhī nahīñ
shahar bhar meñ uuñT be-chāra abas bad-nām hai