jaanta hai tu hamari rifaton ko aasman hai hamari khak-e-pa se ye chamakti kahkashan kya daraengi mujhe ye chand kali badliyan bijliyon ke sae mein pal kar hua hun main jawan rashk se tum is tarah dekho na mera aashiyan tut kar tum par bhi gir sakti hain yaro bijliyan tum jinhen kante kaha karte ho ahl-e-gulsitan ismat-e-gul ke yahi hoti hain aksar pasban teri mahfil mein khamoshi bhi hai mera imtihan main zaban rakhte hue bhi ho gaya hun be-zaban baat bhi sunna unhen meri gawara ab nahin jin ke afsane ko di hain khun-e-dil se surkhiyan is liye pheri hai shayad meri jaanib se nazar dekh paoge na tum meri nigah-e-khun-chakan ye khulus-o-mehr-o-ulfat to hasin alfaz hain jin ke mani mein chhupi hain zindagi ki talkhiyan hum na honge phir bhi ye duniya ise dohraegi hum ne likh di hai ghazal mein apne dil ki dastan bujh chuka tha teri furqat mein dil-e-'saqib' magar teri yaadon ne kiya har gosha-e-dil zau-fishan