jise pala tha ek muddat tak aaghosh-e-tamanna mein

kaba o dair mein jalwa nahin yaksan un ka

ye raat bhayanak hijr ki hai kaTenge baDe aalam se hum

mere danton ki umr ai aarzu mujhse bhi chhoTi thi

kisi ko kya KHabar ai subh waqt-e-sham kya hoga

hazaron aarzuen sath hain is par akeli hai

siyahkar siyah-ru KHata-shiar aaya

bhaga to bahut tha maut se main kam-baKHt ne lekin aan liya

yahi mauqa hai zamane se guzar jaane ka

ta-umr aashna na hua dil gunah ka

shab ko meri chashm-e-hasrat ka sab dard-e-dil un se kah jaana

ab bhi ek umr pe jine ka na andaz aaya

kya faqat talib-e-didar tha musa tera

kyun ho bahana-ju na qaza sar se panw tak

ghaflat mein hui auqat basar ai umr-e-gurezan kuchh na kiya