ek ja harf-e-wafa likkha tha so bhi mit gaya
zahiran kaghaz tere khat ka ghalat-bar-dar hai

ji jale zauq-e-fana ki na-tamami par na kyun
hum nahin jalte nafas har chand aatish-bar hai

aag se pani mein bujhte waqt uthti hai sada
har koi darmandagi mein nale se na-chaar hai

hai wahi bad-masti-e-har-zarra ka khud uzr-khwah
jis ke jalwe se zamin ta aasman sarshaar hai

mujh se mat kah tu hamein kahta tha apni zindagi
zindagi se bhi mera ji in dinon be-zar hai

aankh ki taswir sar-name pe khinchi hai ki ta
tujh pe khul jawe ki is ko hasrat-e-didar hai