munjamid honton pe hai yakh ki tarah harf-e-junun
sar kisi seal-zada shakh ke manind nigun

kahan surma-nafas alfaz kahan soz-e-darun
lala-e-dasht-e-zamistan hai main jo baat kahun

main kahan pahuncha ki har but jise puja ab tak
hai shikasta sar-e-khak aur main shikasta to hun

rahm kar khwab-e-tamanna pe nigah-e-nigaran
tut kar chaaron taraf bikhre pade hain afsun

khisht-kobi mein kise fursat-e-khwab-e-khuban
zinda rahne ke taqazon ne kiya zist ka khun

kitne aqdar ke aiwan zamin-bos hue
aagahi rakh ka ek dher hui jati hai kyun

kitne arman zamistan-zada shakhon ki tarah
hath phailae hue takte hain su-e-gardun

shab ajab-sokhta-saman musafir aae
jism aaghushta-ba-khun chehre malul-o-mahzun

bole ai ajnabi ai sada tamanna hamein dekh
hum bhi rakhte the kabhi aarzuen guna-gun

aur phir hum pe khula waqt ki raftar ka raaz
ab koi rang koi rup nahin wajh-e-sukun

bujh gain aarzuen sham ke baadal ki tarah
gulshan-o-shahr hue barf ki tah mein madfun

ja-ba-ja hausle taraj hue dil tute
pai-ba-pai hum ne sahe sard hawa ke shab-khun

zindagi mahz shikaston ka ek ambar-e-giran
ab in aankhon mein nahin koi tilism-e-fayakun

hum to ai ajnabi mehman hain koi dam ke
dam-ba-dam mauj-e-fana kahti hai main hun main hun

subh-dam sokhta-saman musafir bhi gae
phir wahi hum wahi tanhai wahi haal-e-zabun