jis ka badan gulab tha wo yar bhi nahin
ab ke baras bahaar ke aasar bhi nahin

pedon pe ab bhi chhai hain thandi udasiyan
imkan jashn-e-rang ka is bar bhi nahin

dariya ke iltifat se itna hi bas hua
tishna nahin hain hont to sarshaar bhi nahin

rahon ke pech-o-kham bhi use dekhne ka shauq
chalne ko tez dhup mein tayyar bhi nahin

bichhde huon ki yaad nibhate hain jaan kar
warna kisi ko bhulna dushwar bhi nahin

jitna sitam-shiar hai ye dil ye apna dil
utne sitam-shiar to aghyar bhi nahin

ahl-e-hunar ke bab mein us ka bhi zikr ho
'fikri' ko aisi baat pe israr bhi nahin