kar-nama ai gham-e-dil kuchh tera ye kam nahin
bah gae aankhon se dariya aur aankhen nam nahin

saf tha har lafz us ki be-badal taqrir ka
phir lahu ne naqsh jo chhode hain wo mubham nahin

har zamane mein nahin pahchanna mushkil unhen
sar qalam hote rahenge un ke lekin gham nahin

karbala hi ne kiye hain murtasim dil par nuqush
warna is duniya mein gham ki wardaten kam nahin

dil hi dil wo bhigi lakdi ki tarah sulga kiya
us ke chehre se to lagta tha ki koi gham nahin

kaifiyat kaisi ajab is shahr ki yaadon ki hai
garm hai aatish nahin aur sard hai shabnam nahin

ek alag tahzib hai tanhaiyon ke shahr ki
ek hi aalam hamesha aur koi mausam nahin

phir rahe hain log phir hathon mein sang-reze liye
aur apne sar mein sauda is ghadi kuchh kam nahin

hum se 'abid' apne rahbar ko shikayat ye rahi
aankh munde un ke pichhe chalne wale hum nahin