labon pe ab koi aah-o-fughan nahin hoti
zaban se dil ki kahani bayan nahin hoti

khalish to aaj bhi hoti hai mere sine mein
nashist-e-dard jahan thi wahan nahin hoti

khuda ne chaha to mil jaenge kahin na kahin
bichhad ke khatm yahan dastan nahin hoti

jo khud se milte hain hum be-khudi ke aalam mein
tumhaari yaad talak darmiyan nahin hoti

wo qatl ho ke bhi qatil pe muskuraati hai
ajal se zist kabhi bad-guman nahin hoti

tumhaare chahne wale wahan nahin milte
dilon mein dard ki shiddat jahan nahin hoti