khamoshiyon ke gahre samundar mein dub jaen
kho jaen is tarah ki phir apna pata na paen

hai maut ka payam kinaron ki zindagi
masum machhliyon se kaho jal mein na aaen

dasht-e-alam mein barg-e-khizan-dida ki tarah
bas ai hujum-e-shauq kahin hum bikhar na jaen

viraniyan ki aankhon mein sahra basa hua
majburi-e-hayat na aansu bhi muskuraen

chehre jhulas rahe hain hawadis ki dhup mein
phir bhi alam-nasib hazaron mein jagmagaen

aisa na ho ki dil ka har ek zakhm aanch de
kah dijiye 'shamim' wo meri ghazal na gaen