kahan se gai baat meri kahan ko

kahan se gai baat meri kahan ko
yun kahiye zaban de raha hun zaban ko
chala hun ki phir kuchh naya man paun
hisar-e-yaqin dah ke dasht-e-guman ko


wajud istiara hai nazm-e-jahan mein
hai matlub adam shair-e-la-makan ko
hai saya giraftar-e-panja-e-khurshid
salasil hain hum to khudi ayan ko


hawa azal ki girah khulne ko thi
udi nakhun-e-shama-e-hasti kahan ko
utha dast-e-atish-zada sa zamin se
dhuan shahr-e-dehli ka phir aasman ko


faqat mera aks-e-tasawwur hai ye sher
kabhi dekh is aaina-e-be-nishan ko
dil-e-ghaflat-o-agahi hun so chup hun
na puchh is gham-e-sabr-o-zabt-e-imtihan ko


sadaf-gard khwab-e-muhit-e-rawan khwab
guhar-khwab khwabida chashm-e-nihan ko