aisa lagta hai jaise puri hai
ye kahani magar adhuri hai

hijr to khair us ka lazim tha
wasl bhi ab bahut zaruri hai

meri aankhon ke jurm mein shamil
un nigahon ki be-qusuri hai

mere alfaz ho rahe hain kharch
qaum ki muft mein mashhuri hai

yun mera taj-o-takht chhin liya
jaise wo sher-shah-suri hai

in dinon us ke samne dil ki
ji-huzuri hi ji-huzuri hai

kis qadar shokh kar diya mujh ko
ishq mitthu-miyan ki churi hai