karb ke shahr se nikle to ye manzar dekha hum ko logon ne bulaya hamein chhu kar dekha wo jo barsat mein bhiga to nigahen utthin yun laga hai koi tursha hua patthar dekha koi saya bhi na sahme hue ghar se nikla hum ne tuti hui dahliz ko aksar dekha soch ka ped jawan ho ke bana aisa rafiq zehn ke qad ne use apne barabar dekha jab bhi chaha hai ki malbus-e-wafa ko chhu len misl-e-khushbu koi udta hua paikar dekha raqs karte hue lamhon ki zaban gung hui apne sine mein jo utra hua khanjar dekha zindagi itni pareshan hai ye socha bhi na tha us ke atraf mein sholon ka samundar dekha raat bhar khauf se chatkhe the sahar ki khatir subh-dam khud ko bikharte hue dar par dekha wo jo udti hai sada dast-e-wafa mein 'afzal' usi mitti mein nihan dard ka gauhar dekha