yahan har lafz mani se juda hai
haqiqat zindagi se mawara hai

abhi chehre ka khaka ban raha hai
abhi kuchh aur bhi mere siwa hai

hamein jo kuchh mila naqis mila hai
magar khush-fahmiyon ki intiha hai

koi chehra nahin khushbu ka lekin
tamasha phul walon ka laga hai

main us ki barishon ka muntazir hun
wo mujh se mere aansu mangta hai

yahi bais hai meri tishnagi ka
samundar mujh se pani mangta hai

jahaalat rog tha jo dil ke andar
wahi mazhab hamara ho gaya hai

muqaddas ho gaya hai jhut mera
mujhe to ab usi ka aasra hai

main pyasa hun purane mausamon ka
magar ab wo zamana ja chuka hai

kahani barg-e-sozan se ibarat
wagarna bahr-o-bar bhi hashiya hai

nahin hai khwab si taswir jis ki
to phir us khwab ki tabir kya hai

guman hangama-arai ka aadi
yaqin tanhaiyon mein bolta hai

ye duniya be-khabar logon ki 'ahmad'
wo duniya ka nahin jo jaanta hai