aati nahin hai manzil-e-dar-o-rasan abhi phir bhi chala hun bandh ke sar se kafan abhi sahra-nawardiyan hain na sair-e-chaman abhi shayad junun se dur hai zauq-e-watan abhi sae mein hun main kya shajar-e-saya-dar ke har qasr mere haal pe hai khanda-zan abhi ye baat kya ki uqda-e-mushkil na khul sake pahuncha nahin uruj pe diwana-pan abhi mahfil mein chhed-chhad patango ye be-mahal hai waqf-e-girya shama sar-e-anjuman abhi hum sun sake na qulqul-e-mina ke shor mein kuchh kah raha tha saghar-e-tauba-shikan abhi taswir se kisi ki 'musawwir' hai ham-kalam tham ja zara tu gardish-e-charkh-e-kuhan abhi