sukut-e-shab ke hathon saunp kar wapas bulata hai

inkishaf-e-zat ke aage dhuan hai aur bas

andhere mein tajassus ka taqaza chhoD jaana hai

rafta rafta KHatm qissa ho gaya hona hi tha

hum tah-e-dariya tilismi bastiyan ginte rahe

andhere mein tajassus ka taqaza chhoD jaana hai

na-tamami ke sharar mein roz o shab jalte rahe

canwas par hai ye kis ka paikar-e-harf-o-sada

tere badan ki dhup se mahrum kab hua

maine bhi parchhaiyon ke shahr ki phir rah li