baadban khulne se pahle ka ishaara dekhna
main samundar dekhti hun tum kinara dekhna

yun bichhadna bhi bahut aasan na tha us se magar
jate jate us ka wo mud kar dobara dekhna

kis shabahat ko liye aaya hai darwaze pe chand
ai shab-e-hijran zara apna sitara dekhna

kya qayamat hai ki jin ke nam par paspa hue
un hi logon ko muqabil mein saf-ara dekhna

jab banam-e-dil gawahi sar ki mangi jaegi
khun mein duba hua parcham hamara dekhna

jitne mein bhi jahan ji ka ziyan pahle se hai
aisi bazi haarne mein kya khasara dekhna

aaine ki aankh hi kuchh kam na thi mere liye
jaane ab kya kya dikhaega tumhaara dekhna

ek musht-e-khak aur wo bhi hawa ki zad mein hai
zindagi ki bebasi ka istiara dekhna