ab to firaq-e-subh mein bujhne lagi hayat
bar-e-ilah kitne pahar rah gai hai raat

har tirgi mein tu ne utari hai raushni
ab khud utar ke aa ki siyah-tar hai kaenat

kuchh aaine se rakkhe hue hain sar-e-wajud
aur in mein apna jashn manati hai meri zat

bole nahin wo harf jo iman mein na the
likkhi nahin wo baat jo apni nahin thi baat