fazaen kaif-e-bahaaran se jab mahakti hain
to dil mein choten teri yaad ki kasakti hain

shafaq ke rang bhi un ka jawab la na sake
kisi ke chehre pe jo surkhiyan damakti hain

jinhen tumhaara tabassum mila hai wo nazren
faza mein nur ke naghme bikher sakti hain

kabhi kabhi to sitaron ke narm sae mein
kisi ke jism ki parchhaiyan chamakti hain

qadam qadam pe bichhati hai jal tira-shabi
nafas nafas pe nai bijliyan chamakti hain

jahan wo aankhen mera intizar karti thin
ab un darichon se mayusiyan tapakti hain

sukut-e-shab mein tere intizar ka aalam
ki jaise dur kahin paelen khanakti hain

unhin ka nam kahin masti-e-bahaar na ho
kali ke sine mein jo nikhaten dhadakti hain

ho intizar kisi ka magar meri nazren
na jaane kyun teri aamad ki rah takti hain

jab un ke aane ki ummid hi nahin 'arshad'
to phir nigahen khalaon mein kyun bhatakti hain