rota hun qadr-dan-e-mata-e-hunar ko main

hath mein jab tak qalam tha tajribe likhte rahe

daryaft kar ke KHud ko zamane se dur hun

wo ek sajda ki jo be-rukua hota hai

sham kajlai hui raat abhagan jaisi

humse puchha kya biti hai aaKHir-e-shab ke maron par

in andheron se pare is shab-e-gham se aage

yun zindagi guzar rahi hai meri

hamare jismon mein din hi ka zahr kya kam tha

sahme se the parind basera udas tha

khela bachpan jhuma laDakpan lahki jawani chaubaron mein

gum-shuda sae DhunDhta hun main

nigah aaina hai aks-e-mustaar hun main

uThao lauh-o-qalam hadse tamam likhun

tab-e-nigah thi to nazara bhi dost tha