jo yaad-e-yar se guft-o-shunid kar li hai
to goya phul se khushbu kashid kar li hai

judaiyon mein bhi dhundi hain qurbaten main ne
zarar-rasan thi jo shai wo mufid kar li hai

nahin khule the jo manzar meri basarat par
tasawwuraat mein un ki bhi did kar li hai

sitare tank diye hain falak ki chadar par
aur apni chadar-e-shab be-nawid kar li hai

main chahta to use kuchh qarib le aata
masarraton ki jo saat baid kar li hai

use to dukh hi nahin kuchh meri judai ka
saza khud apne liye hi shadid kar li hai

use bhulane ki koshish mein yaad kar kar ke
khud apni zist hi mushkil mazid kar li hai

husain ibn-e-ali ki taraf hi lautenge
jinhon ne baiat-e-fikr-e-yazid kar li hai

ata-e-'mir' hai mujh par ki main ne bhi raushan
ghazal ki shama ba-tarz-e-jadid kar li hai

jacha hai ab kahin ja kar 'nasim' jama-e-zist
kahin kahin se jo qat-o-burid kar li hai