gada-e-shahr-e-ainda tahi-kasa milega
tajawuz aur tanhai ki had par kya milega

siyahi pherti jati hain raaten bahr o bar pe
inhi tarikiyon se mujh ko bhi hissa milega

main apni pyas ke hamrah mashkiza uthae
ki in sairab logon mein koi pyasa milega

riwayat hai ki aabai makanon par sitara
bahut raushan magar namnak o afsurda milega

shajar hain aur is mitti se paiwasta rahenge
jo hum mein se nahin aasaishon se ja milega

rida-e-reshmi odhe hue guzregi mishal
nashist-e-sang pe har subh gul-dasta milega

wo aaina jise ujlat mein chhod aae the sathi
na jaane baad-o-khak-asar mein kaisa milega

use bhi yaad rakhna baad-bani saaton mein
wo sayyara kanar-e-subh-e-farda aa milega

chara-gahon mein ruk kar aasmani ghantiyon ko
suno kuchh der ki wo zamzama-paira milega

usi ki wadiyon mein tairan-e-rizq-ju ko
nasheman aur ujli nind ka dariya milega

usi ja-e-namaz o raaz pe ek roz 'sarwat'
achanak dar khulega aur wo jhonka milega