har qadam hadse har nafs talkhiyan
zindagi barq tufan khizan aandhiyan

rafta rafta yahi bojh lagne lagin
kyun badi ho gain man teri betiyan

meri duniya teri zat mein qaid hai
mujh ko khairaat mein de na aazadiyan

tirgi khamushi bebasi tishnagi
hijr ki raat mein khamiyan khamiyan

aap hi aandhiyon se ulajhte rahe
main to lai thi daman mein purwaiyan

main kitabon mein rakhkhun ye fitrat nahin
phul sukhe hue be-zaban titliyan

ye sahifa nahin meri rudad hai
is ka unwan hai talkhiyan talkhiyan

yaad kya hai koi mujh se puchhe 'haya'
ek ehsas ki chand parchhaiyan