har-chand ki tha hijr mein andesha-e-jaan bhi
aakhir ko to hum se hi utha bar-e-giran bhi

ek gosha-e-dar rakkha hai mahfuz hamara
is wusat-e-kaunain mein hum jaen jahan bhi

madum bhi hun ahl-e-tamasha ki nazar mein
bikhra hai har ek samt magar mera nishan bhi

kuchh kam na hua rizq khuda tere gada par
har chand ki galiyon mein utha shor-e-sagan bhi

kaam aati hai akasr to yahi khana-badoshi
rakhne ko to hum shahr mein rakhte hain makan bhi

us waqt ajab hota hai tarsil ka aalam
lafzon ko taras jate hain jab ahl-e-zaban bhi