kaghaz ki naw kya hui dariya kidhar gaya
bachpan ko jo mila tha wo lamha kidhar gaya

madum sab huin wo tajassus ki bijliyan
hairat mein dal de wo tamasha kidhar gaya

phir yun hua ki log mashinon mein dhal gae
wo dost lab pe le ke dilasa kidhar gaya

kya dasht-e-jaan ki sokhta-haali kahen ise
chahat mein chand chhune ka jazba kidhar gaya

tarikiyan hain sath mere aur safar mudam
kal tak tha ham-qadam jo farishta kidhar gaya

jo rahnuma the mere kahan hain wo naqsh-e-pa
manzil pe chhodta tha jo rasta kidhar gaya