KHub honi hai ab is shahr mein ruswai meri

khub honi hai ab is shahr mein ruswai meri
beach bazar ubhar aai hai tanhai meri
ek bar us ne bulaya tha to masruf tha main
jite-ji phir kabhi bari hi nahin aai meri


apni tamir ke malbe se pata jata hun
aur payab hui jati hai tanhai meri
khana-e-wasl aza-khana-e-hasti ki jahan
gunjti rahti hai bas dard ki shahnai meri


dasht-e-khamoshi mein chalti hai bahut tez hawa
dur tak udti hui gard hai goyai meri
zindagi sal chha-mahi tu mila kar aa kar
ghairiyat itni bhala kis liye man-jai meri


munjamid ho gaya sara mutharrik mera
mere pani pe jami baithi hai ab kai meri
'farhat-ehsas' taghazzul se sharabor hua
raat aaghosh mein kuchh yun ye ghazal aai meri