jabin-e-yar pe aai hai barhami ki shikan
kahan bahaar kahan shauq-o-arzu ka chaman

ye tere rup mein duba tera gudaz badan
sahar ki god mein jaise humak raha ho chaman

har ek nigah uthi mujh pe ungliyan ban kar
magar kisi ko na sujhe tere khutut-e-badan

yahi maal hai koshish ka bad-nasibi mein
tamam hasrat-o-arman tamam ranj-o-mehan

na jaane kitne sarabon ka pesh-khema hai
hamare dasht-e-tasawwur mein ek ghazal-e-khutan

kiya tha jurm-e-tamanna kabhi jawani mein
to aaj site hain hasrat ka apne hath kafan

bahaar-e-zist hai shayad wahi faza ki jahan
gul-e-nashat ki qimat hai khar-e-gham ki chubhan

sada-bahaar hai har zakhm-e-dil agar 'rahi'
hansi ki baat hai aai gai khizan ka chalan