is qadar tera o sard hargiz na tha dil ka mausam kabhi
ek pal mein khuda jaane kya ho gaya

chand ki wadiyon mein utar aai shab!
main wo tanha subuk-pa musafir tha takmil ki justuju

khinch lai thi ek roz jis ko yahan
aarzu thi mujhe main zamin ke liye

meri tarrar purkar chashm-e-nihan
faslon sarhadon

waqt ke sab hisaron ke us par ki
shahr-e-imroz mein

an-ginat khubsurat tasawir aawezan kar degi jab
dur ki har pur-asrar sarshaar aawaz mere lahu mein utar jaegi

mere daman ko phulon se bhar jaegi
sard se sard-tar

har ghadi ho rahi hai rag-o-pai mein bahte anasir ki rau
shab guzar jaegi

chand ki munjamid wadiyon mein sulagti hui raushni
subh-dam ek pal mein umand aaegi

mujh ko dar hai magar
saat-e-nau ke hangam se peshtar

tera sard shab ka bhayanak amal
dil ke aafaq par

ho na jae kahin maut tak hukmaran
khatm ho jae takmil ki dastan!!