har sukut-e-bekaran izhaar se labrez hai
aaine ki khamushi dar-asl ma’ni-khez hai

pichhe mud kar dekhne ki aarzu mat kijiye
zindagi one way traffic hai bahao tez hai

phir yahan main der se pahuncha hun aur phir samne
chand bewa kursiyan hain ek khali mez hai

is qadar hairan kyon ho aaj mujh ko dekh kar
jis ne tum ko husn bakhsha mera bhi rangrez hai

lafz ki ye saltanat khali nahin imkan se
sha'iri ka aaina kitna tamaddun-khez hai

sar uthane par tere sad-haif hai 'tahir' ki jab
hashr tak tera imam-e-‘ishq sajda-rez hai