har ek baat teri be-sabaat kitni hai
palatna baat ko dam bhar mein baat kitni hai

abhi to sham hui hai abhi to aae ho
abhi se puchh rahe ho ki raat kitni hai

wo sunte sunte jo ghabrae haal-e-dil bole
bayan kitni hui wardat kitni hai

tere shahid ko dulha bana hua dekha
rawan janaze ke pichhe baraat kitni hai

kisi tarah nahin katti nahin guzar chukti
ilahi sakht ye qaid-e-hayat kitni hai

hamari jaan hai qimat to dil hai baiana
giran-baha lab-e-nazuk ki baat kitni hai

jo shab ko khilte hain ghunche wo din ko jhadte hain
bahaar-e-bagh-e-jahan be-sabaat kitni hai

mahinon ho gae dekhi nahin hai subh-e-ummid
kise khabar ye musibat ki raat kitni hai

udu ke samne ye dekhna hai hum ko bhi
kidhar ko hai nigah-e-iltifat kitni hai

ghazal likhen bhi to kya khak hum likhen 'bekhud'
zamin dekhiye ye wahiyat kitni hai