raat ek nadar ka ghar jal gaya tha aur bas

hae us minnat-kash-e-wahm-o-guman ki justuju

kya baDhega wo tasawwur ki hadon se aage

unki nigah-e-naz ki gardish ke sath sath

mauj-e-tufan se nikal kar bhi salamat na rahe

ahd-e-aghaz-e-tamanna bhi mujhe yaad nahin

jab maslahat-e-waqt se gardan ko jhuka kar

is faisle pe luT gai duniya-e-eatibar

husn-e-iKHlas hi nahin warna

agar tum mil bhi jate to na hota KHatm afsana

adhura ho ke hun kitna mukammal

zindagi se koi manus to ho le pahle

hanste hanste bahe hain aansu bhi

sharik-e-dard nahin jab koi to ai shaukat

nigah ko bhi mayassar hai dil ki gahrai