jafa pe shukr ka ummid-war kyun aaya
meri wafa ka use e'tibar kyun aaya

ye dil ki baat hi munh se ada nahin hoti
main kya kahun ki yahan bar bar kyun aaya

khayal-e-pursish-e-mahshar se wo hua maghmum
nazar ke samne mera mazar kyun aaya

kahan wo hath main paun hasin ladkon ke
sadi nahin to su-e-kohsar kyun aaya

tadap thi mar ke bhi mayyat pe shayad aaya wo
nahin ye baat to dil ko qarar kyun aaya

hua main khak to wo lad raha hai aandhi se
ki tere sath mere ghar ghubar kyun aaya

wo intizar ki lazzat bhi le gaya ai 'shauq'
hawa ke ghode pe zalim sawar kyun aaya