jitna tha sargarm-e-kar utna hi dil nakaam tha
hosh jis ka nam hai wo bhi junun-e-kham tha

hosh ka zamin tha saqi kaif-parwar dil ka shauq
jam tha pas aur be-andesha-e-anjam tha

khatm karti jald kyunkar zist ki manzil ko sans
pher koson ka tha lekin fasla ek gam tha

josh-e-shorida-sari tha ta-ba-wahm-e-ikhtiyar
thak ke dam tuta to phir aaram hi aaram tha

ab kahan wo aamad-o-raft-e-nafas ki shah-rah
ek kashakash thi ki jis ka zindagani nam tha

chaunk kar khud manzar-e-hasti se aankhen pher lin
hichkiyan kahe ko thin poshida ek paigham tha

gul hua aakhir bhadak kar shoala-e-josh-e-shabab
thi kaf-e-mauj-e-hawadis aur charagh-e-sham tha

be-jale kis tarah banta shama parwane ka dil
wo use anjam kya dete jo mera kaam tha

tum ne khud nakaam rakh ke us ki himmat ki thi past
aarzu-e-be-gunah par muft ka ilzam tha