jab safar se laut kar aane ki tayyari hui
be-talluq thi jo shai wo bhi bahut pyari hui

chaar sansen thin magar sine ko bojhal kar gain
do qadam ki ye masafat kis qadar bhaari hui

ek manzar hai ki aankhon se sarakta hi nahin
ek saat hai ki sari umr par tari hui

is tarah chaalen badalta hun bisat-e-dahr par
jit lunga jis tarah ye zindagi haari hui

kin tilismi raston mein umr kati 'aftab'
jis qadar aasan laga utni hi dushwari hui