ajab kashish hai pas-e-ism-e-zat chalti hui
tawil sajde mein hai kaenat chalti hui

mili thi rah mein ek be-qarar parchhain
ghar aa gai hai mere sath sath chalti hui

tulu-e-subh se pahle ghurub-e-sham ke baad
thahar gai mere sine mein raat chalti hui

so main ne bahs na ki guftugu ko khatm kiya
nikal gai thi bahut dur baat chalti hui

bichhad gaya tha wahin waqt sath chalta hua
bhatak gai thi jahan kaenat chalti hui

kuchh is tarah se sada di hai ek nazar ne 'nabil'
thithak ke ruk gai jaise hayat chalti hui