har tamashai faqat sahil se manzar dekhta
kaun dariya ko ulatta kaun gauhar dekhta

wo to duniya ko meri diwangi khush aa gai
tere hathon mein wagarna pahla patthar dekhta

aankh mein aansu jude the par sada tujh ko na di
is tawaqqoa par ki shayad tu palat kar dekhta

meri qismat ki lakiren mere hathon mein na thin
tere mathe par koi mera muqaddar dekhta

zindagi phaili hui thi sham-e-hijran ki tarah
kis ko itna hausla tha kaun ji kar dekhta

dubne wala tha aur sahil pe chehron ka hujum
pal ki mohlat thi main kis ko aankh bhar kar dekhta

tu bhi dil ko ek khun ki bund samjha hai 'faraaz'
aankh agar hoti to qatre mein samundar dekhta