ai nigar-e-zindagi tujh ko kahan dhundha nahin
ab ye aalam hai ki apna bhi pata milta nahin

yun asir-e-dard-e-paiham ho chuki hai zindagi
jis ko apna kah sakun aisa koi lamha nahin

chand lamhon ko mili thi kal mujhe zulfon ki chhanw
reg-zar-e-zist mein ab dur tak saya nahin

masala tanhai ka hal kar diya is daur ne
itne gham hain zindagi mein aadmi tanha nahin

is mein sakhti bhi sahi narmi bhi hiddat bhi sahi
dil magar patthar nahin shabnam nahin shoala nahin

wardat-e-yurish-e-gham kis jagah hogi raqam
ab kitab-e-zist ka koi waraq sada nahin

ghair hone par bhi us ke dil mein hai kitna khulus
kis zaban se main kahun wo aadmi apna nahin

hae wo ek aarzu jo dil mein ghut kar mar gai
hae wo aansu jo meri aankh se tapka nahin

is tarah uljha hua hai apne gham mein aadmi
dusron ke dard ka kuchh us ko andaza nahin

dekh kar us ko na jaane kis ki yaad aane lagi
parda-e-takheel par aisa koi chehra nahin

wo jo qatil tha wahi 'mehdi' masiha ban gaya
aisi dohri shakhsiyat ka aadmi dekha nahin