ghubar-e-ehsas-o-pesh-o-pas ki agar ye barik tah hataen
to ek pal mein na jaane kitne zamanon ke aks thartharaen

khizan agar apna khun na bakhshe to fasl-e-gul kaise surkh-ru ho
sukut apna jigar na chire to kaise jhankar den sadaen

bikhar chale hain bikhar chuke hain gul-e-ibarat ke barg-reze
kitab-e-jaan ki shahadaton ka waraq waraq le gain hawaen

hua ki be-rang takhtiyon par sada ki tahrir kya ubhaaren
sukut ke be-nishan khandar mein charagh-e-awaz kya jalaen

ye shauq ki be-nasib kaliyan ye dard ke be-khizan shagufe
tumhaare qadmon mein rakh na pae to kis ki chaukhat pe ja giraen

hawa ki talwar chal rahi ho to shakh-e-ummid kya sambhaalen
badan ki diwar gir rahi ho to dil ki diwar kya bachaen

tamasha-gah-e-tarab-nishan mein sabhi ko lazim hai muskurana
jo gham-faroshi na karna chahen wahi yahan bakht aazmaen

muhib raaton mein dagmagate dukhi badan ke musafiron ko
akele-pan mein dara rahi hai samay ke jangal ki saen saen

tamam alfaz mar chuke hain tamam ahbab ja chuke hain
gai ruton ke sitam ka qissa sunaen kaise kise sunaen