apni khabar nahin hai ba-juz is qadar mujhe ek shakhs tha ki mil na saka umr-bhar mujhe shoalon ki guftugu mein saba ke khiram mein aawaz de raha hai koi ham-safar mujhe shayad unhin ka ijz mere kaam aa gaya jin doston ne chhod diya waqt par mujhe shab ko to ek qafila-e-gul tha sath sath yarab ye kis maqam pe aai sahar mujhe hanste rahe falak pe sitare zamin pe phul achchha hua ki umr mili mukhtasar mujhe muddat ke baad us ne sar-e-anjuman 'zamir' dekha nigah-e-am se aur khas kar mujhe