bahte hue dariya ke kinaron ki tarah tha
tujh se mera rishta kabhi khwabon ki tarah tha

bistar pe utar aai thin mahtab ki kirnen
lahja tera kal raat ujalon ki tarah tha

main us ko padha karta tha har raat bahut der
wo shakhs mere pas kitabon ki tarah tha

kya lams tha kya zulf thi kya surkhi-e-lab thi
har rang tera jaise sharabon ki tarah tha

kuchh der ko khush kar ke chale sare jahan ko
kya apna talluq bhi tamashon ki tarah tha

duniya ne bahut chaha ki nam us ka bata dun
wo dafn tha mujh mein mere raazon ki tarah tha

khone nahin deta tha mujhe bhid mein ehsas
jakde hue mujh ko teri banhon ki tarah tha