har safar ke baad waisa hi safar rakkha gaya
aur phir maqsum mera dar-ba-dar rakkha gaya

arsa-e-dasht-e-talab ko intiha bakhshi gai
mohlat-e-umr-e-rawan ko mukhtasar rakkha gaya

hum kahan sine ki tah mein ye samundar thamte
ek us khatir tujhe ai chashm-e-tar rakkha gaya

hasil-e-jaan par khas-o-khashak-e-hasrat khinch kar
darmiyan us dil ke khwahish ka sharar rakkha gaya

bosa-e-khurshid se khola sahar ka pairahan
zanu-e-shab par mah-e-kaamil ka sar rakkha gaya

din ke raston par bichai na-rasai ki thakan
nind ki dahliz par khwabon ka par rakkha gaya

muztarib rahti hai koh-o-dasht mein jaise hawa
is tarah sine mein sanson ka guzar rakkha gaya

aate-jate har-nafas mein maut ka tha zaiqa
raegan jine mein marne ka hunar rakkha gaya

khwahishen jagen jamal-e-yar ke didar se
paniyon par mah-e-uryan ka asar rakkha gaya

umr bhar 'sarmad' thi jis ko yaad rakhne ki saza
samna us shokh se ek lamha bhar rakkha gaya