jang mein parwar-digar-e-shab ka kya qissa hua
lashkar-e-shab subh ki sarhad pe kyun paspa hua

ek ajab si pyas maujon mein sada deti hui
main samundar apni hi dahliz par bikhra hua

kachchi diwaren sada-noshi mein kitni taq thin
pattharon mein chikh kar dekha to andaza hua

kya sadaon ko salib-e-khamushi de di gai
ya junun ke khwab ki tabir sannata hua

rafta rafta mausamon ke rang yun bikhre ki bas
hai mere andar koi zinda magar tuta hua

sabz hathon ki lakiren zard mathe ki shikan
aur kya deta meri taqdir ka likkha hua