har ghazal khwab ki surat mein dhali lagti hai
tere ehsas mein bhi jadugari lagti hai

muddaton baad ye sawan ko bhala kya sujhi
meri aankhon mein to har roz jhadi lagti hai

ishq mein ho gai diwanon si haalat meri
maut har-waqt mere sar pe khadi lagti hai

husn-e-tabir meri aankh mein utra kaise
tu koi hur hai ya koi pari lagti hai

dhadkanen raqs mein zanjir-zani karti hain
ab ki jazbaat mein shorida-sari lagti hai

bhar diya main ne taghazzul mein sabhi rangon ko
teri taswir nigahon mein basi lagti hai

baj rahi hai koi pazeb faza mein shayad
chand taron pe koi shokh chadhi lagti hai

dil hai ek dasht ki manind tumhaara 'ushba'
tabhi qismat mein sada tishna-labi lagti hai