har aks khud ek aaina hai
har saya zaban se bolta hai

ehsas ki talkhiyon mein dhal kar
dil dard ka chand ban gaya hai

sunta ho koi to har kali ke
khilne mein shikast ki sada hai

yun aati hai teri yaad ab to
jaise koi dur ki sada hai

goya the to koi bhi nahin tha
ab chup hain to shahr dekhta hai

aajiz hai ajal bhi us ke aage
jo misl-e-saba bikhar gaya hai

tu silsila-e-sawal ban kar
kyun zehnon ke ban mein gunjta hai

qurbat teri kis ko ras aai
aaine mein aks kanpta hai

jite hain rawayatan 'raza' hum
is daur mein zindagi saza hai