aaina mukhatab hai aao guftugu kar len
aur isi bahane hum khud ki justuju kar len

jaane phir jame kis din bazm dil-figaron ki
aao chand saat hum kyon na hao-hu kar len

hont yak-ba-yak rakh den hum kaf-e-hinai par
us ko surkh-ru kar den khud ko surkh-ru kar len

ye bhi ek lamha hai aamad-e-bahaaran ka
phad len gareban ko jashn-e-rang-o-bu kar len

aablon ke pani se zarre-zarre ko sinchen
dasht-e-atishin ko bhi shamil-e-numu kar len

kyon na aam ho charcha us ki mehrbani ka
hum bhi us ki aankhon ka zikr ku-ba-ku kar len

rishta-e-nafas tute jaane kis ghadi 'sahil'
kyon na apni hasti ko waqf-e-arzu kar len