ai khusha-waqte ki shokh-e-tarah-dar aa hi gaya
han wo jaan-e-mai-kada msatana-war aa hi gaya

dard ki shiddat hi aakhir dard ka darman bani
be-qarari se mujhe aakhir qarar aa hi gaya

yaad the un ke mujhe sab ahd-o-paiman todne
wada-e-farda pe lekin e'tibar aa hi gaya

maut lai hai payam-e-ikhtitam-e-ranj-o-gham
aa gaya wo waqt baad-e-intizar aa hi gaya

is taraf josh-e-mohabbat us taraf josh-e-shabab
aa gaya han un pe dil be-ikhtiyar aa hi gaya

zauq-e-khud-bini ne dikhlai 'sahar' apni bahaar
husn ke masum chehre par nikhaar aa hi gaya