hum soz-e-dil bayan karen tum se kahan talak
jalne lagi hai ab to hamari zaban talak

kuchh be-kasi-e-rah-rau-e-gham na puchhiye
milti nahin hai gard-e-rah-e-karwan talak

sharma ke laut aae na jab kuchh asar hua
nale hamare pahunche to the aasman talak

ummid-e-baada kis ko hai khun-e-jigar piyo
hai mohtasib ke rup mein pir-e-mughan talak

raaz-o-niyaz-e-ishq ki kya ho khabar hamein
hasil nahin hai did-e-rukh-e-mahwashan talak

kis munh se hum bayan karen majra-e-dil
un ko nahin pasand hai soz-e-nihan talak

hum ko qafas hi ras hua barq ke tufail
baqi nahin chaman mein raha aashiyan talak

pa-e-zaif baad mein chahen to tut jaen
pahuncha den ek bar to ku-e-butan talak

shayad baqa-e-ishq isi shai ko kahte hain
hum bhul baithe gham mein zaman-o-makan talak

yaro hamari zist ka qissa hai mukhtasar
mahdud hai hadis-e-gham-e-dil-baran talak

mutlaq nahin hai 'kaif' ko dawa-e-jazb-e-dil
maqdur is ka girya-o-ah-o-fughan talak