aisi tanhai hai apne se bhi ghabraata hun main
jal rahi hain yaad ki shamen bujha jata hun main

aa gai aakhir gham-e-dil wo bhi manzil aa gai
mujh ko samjhate the jo ab un ko samjhata hun main

zindagi aazada-rau bahr-e-haqiqat be-kanar
mauj aati hai to badhta hi chala jata hun main

bazm-e-fikr-o-hosh ho ya mahfil-e-aish-o-nishat
har jagah se chand nashtar chand gham lata hun main

zehn mein yaadon ke gulshan dil mein azm-e-ju-e-shir
ek naya farhad pata hun jidhar jata hun main

shab ke sannate mein rah ghairon ke naghme ki tarah
ahl-e-dil ki bastiyon mein aah ban jata hun main

himmat-afza hai har ek uftad rah-e-ishq ki
thokaren khata hun girta hun sambhal jata hun main

ishq aksar mangta hai naghma-e-ishrat ki bhik
ahl-e-duniya ki tahi-dasti pe sharmata hun main

sham-e-tanhai bujha do jhilmilati shama bhi
in andheron hi mein aksar raushni pata hun main

aaj aaghosh-e-tamanna thi shanasa-e-visal
razm-gah-e-zindagi mein taza-dam aata hun main

koi nazuk hath bazu tham leta hai mera
thokaren khata to hun lekin sambhal jata hun main

apne mitne ka bhi gham hota hai is ehsas se
main nahin apna magar tera to kahlata hun main

hai suhani kis qadar un duriyon ki chandni
puchh leta hai koi 'zaidi' to itraata hun main