main ek kanch ka paikar wo shakhs patthar tha
so pash pash to hona mera muqaddar tha

tamam raat sahar ki duaen mangi thin
khuli jo aankh to suraj hamare sar par tha

charagh-e-rah-e-mohabbat hi ban gae hote
tamam umr ka jalna agar muqaddar tha

fasil-e-shahr pe kitne charagh the raushan
siyah raat ka pahra dilon ke andar tha

agarche khana-badoshi hai khushbuon ka mizaj
mera makan to kal raat bhi moattar tha

samundaron ke safar mein wo pyas ka aalam
ki farsh-e-ab pe ek karbala ka manzar tha

isi sabab to badha e'tibar-e-laghzish-e-pa
hamara josh-e-junun aagahi ka rahbar tha

jo mahtab hisar-e-shab-e-siyah mein hai
kabhi wo raat ke sine pe misl-e-khanjar tha

main us zamin ke liye phul chun raha hun 'rais'
mera nasib jahan be-aman samundar tha