chali jo khud se kabhi ho ke bad-guman hawa
bikhar ke rah gai galiyon ke darmiyan hawa

ajab nahin ki diye se shikast kha ke bhi
charagh-pa na hui ab ke bad-zaban hawa

guzishta raat ki dahliz par sisakte hue
suna rahi thi hawaon ko dastan hawa

hawaen bandh raha tha jo ek muddat se
phir ek roz wahi ho gaya makan hawa

na jaane dhaare kisi waqt rup aandhi ka
nishan chhod na jae ye be-nishan hawa

ab aisa lagta hai sahil se aa lagenge hum
uda ke le gai apna to baadban hawa

mujhe yaqin hai ek roz mere aangan mein
bikher jaegi khushbu-e-zafran hawa