in dinon bhi jabki wo taswir ke paikar mein tha
main kai shaklon mein har manzar ke pas-manzar mein tha

tha ghubar-alud wo tab bhi na pahchana use
ab ke jab dekha to wo malbus sim-o-zar mein tha

ye khandar jo dekhte ho tha kabhi ek aasman
itna uncha tha ki saya bhi na baam-o-dar mein tha

qatl ka ilzam us ne kah ke ye radd kar diya
waqt wo daftar ka tha main us ghadi daftar mein tha

thi wo shohrat ki hawas ya ishtihaaron ka fareb
lapata chhapta tha jab akhbar mein wo ghar mein tha

kya bataun dosto ek hashr-saman ka tha sath
der itni yun hui main arsa-e-mahshar mein tha

ek daramai asar lata tha wo stage par
go shumar us shair-e-pur-fan ka bazigar mein tha