kab tak mahkegi be-as gulabon mein
mar jaegi khushbu band kitabon mein

kabhi darun-e-zat ke manzar the in mein
kankar hi kankar hain ab talabon mein

hath lagate hi mitti ka dher hue
kaise kaise rang bhare the khwabon mein

girti jae rishton ki mazbut fasil
nakhlistan badalta jae sarabon mein

zehnon mein tashwish dilon mein khauf bahut
sari basti hai mahsur azabon mein

aai hisabon mein jab duniya ki taskhir
ek lamha ghaeb tha sabhi hisabon mein