qatra Thik hai dariya hone mein nuqsan bahut hai

hadd-e-guman se ek shaKHs dur kahin chala gaya

salgirah par kitni nek tamannaen mausul huin

ilm ka dam bharna chhoDo bhi aur amal ko bhul bhi jao

tujhse bhi kab hui tadbir meri wahshat ki

faqir-e-shahr bhi raha hun shahryar bhi magar

hamare shahr ki riwayaton mein ek ye bhi tha

jal uThen yaadon ki qindilen sadaen Dub jaen

lams-e-sada-e-saz ne zaKHm nihaal kar diye

raaton ko jagte hain isi waste ki KHwab

na dastaken na sada kaun dar pe aaya hai

abhi hamein guzarni hai ek umr-e-muKHtasar

KHwab-e-ziyan hain umr ka KHwab hain hasil-e-hayat

tu maujud hai main madum hun is ka matlab ye hai

samai kis tarah meri aankhon ki putliyon mein