jo sitara tut kar pamal hai ab khak mein
ye kabhi tabinda tha jab rahta tha aflak mein

main to mitti hi thi aur mitti hi rah jati magar
kuza-gar ke hath mein ya tha fusun kuchh chaak mein

waqia teri shararat ka koi yaad aa gaya
hans padi be-sakhta main lamha-e-namnak mein

kat do mere paron ko rok do meri udan
bikhre hain khwabon ke tukde is khas-o-khashak mein

shab ne rangat ke liye hi mah-o-akhtar ko 'ana'
dekhiye tanka hai kaise apni is poshak mein