pani nahin mazid mayassar se kya baid
jinping se kya umid narendr se kya baid

hum takht par bitha den samajh kar jise husain
andar se ho yazid sikandar se kya baid

purse ko aae aur mera dard bhag jae
phir zakhm de shadid sitamgar se kya baid

khwahish ko wo dikha de haqiqat ka aaina
ho har dua shunid muqaddar se kya baid

wo dil dimagh aur zamanon ke qufl ki
de de mujhe kalid qalandar se kya baid

jab dubne ka waqt ho ji ubne ka waqt
us ki ho yar id samundar se kya baid

tujh mein dikhen hazar hazaron mein tu dikhe
mashkuk jab ho did to manzar se kya baid

'aswad' ajab nahin ki riwayat rahe mudam
kah de ghazal jadid sukhan-war se kya baid