nigah-e-tishna se hairat ka bab dekhte hain
bisat-e-ab pe raqs-e-sarab dekhte hain

ukhadte khemon pe kya qahr-e-sham tuta hai
lahu mein duba hua aaftab dekhte hain

nahin hai qatre ki auqat bhi jinhen hasil
wo kam-nazar bhi samundar ke khwab dekhte hain

unhen to waqt ki gardish asir kar bhi chuki
wo ab guzishta zamane ka khwab dekhte hain

hamein to mauj-e-rawan bhi nazar nahin aati
wo log aur hain jo zer-e-ab dekhte hain

dayar-e-shauq ki mitti mein kya guhar hi nahin
numu ki rut ko bhi be-ab-o-tab dekhte hain

saza milegi hamein to ziya-ba-doshi ki
charagh-e-jaan pe hawa ka itab dekhte hain

mila nahin unhen sairabi-e-wujud ka lams
ye dasht sadiyon se rah-e-sahab dekhte hain