dasht tarik tha aur khwab tha kala mera
raushni deta raha kan ka baala mera

katna tha mujhe koh-e-shab-e-ghurbat lekin
tut kar girta raha rah mein bhaala mera

tujh ko malum na thi chaak-garebani meri
tu ne is dasht mein kyon nam nikala mera

aatishin rakhti hai yan garmi-e-raftar mujhe
hun mah-e-khak-nashin gard hai haala mera

la-makan ne mujhe phenka hai makan ki had mein
kis se padta hai yahan dekhiye pala mera

manzil-e-ishq na khak-e-shab-e-hijran mein mili
jada-e-ranj mein khinchta raha nala mera

dast-e-shaffaf pe likhta hai mera nam koi
shakh-e-sarsabz pe khulta hai ujala mera

mujh ko gar kar-e-mohabbat mein zara der hui
aa gaya karne koi aur izala mera

par kar jae ye shayad kisi din ju-e-khak
jism ko chahiye kuchh aur sambhaala mera

shahr-e-maujud dhuan hai mere bujhne se 'nawed'
shahr-e-nabud mein rahta hai ujala mera