karna pada tha jis ke liye ye safar mujhe
wo mauj-e-shauq chhod gai ret par mujhe

aadab-e-bazm ke siwa kuchh aur to na tha
mahfil mein us ne pan diye khas kar mujhe

lauta hun phir wo jism ki viraniyan liye
hasrat se dekhte hain ye diwar-o-dar mujhe

bazar ka to hosh hai lekin nahin ye yaad
kal raat kaun chhod gaya mere ghar mujhe

aaankhon ka nur sine mein mahfuz kar liya
is shahr mein jo hona pada be-basar mujhe

is ke siwa ye raaz bhala kaun jaanta
wo sab ko galiyon se nawaze magar mujhe