kitna bechain hai KHamosh samundar dekho

kitna bechain hai khamosh samundar dekho
dil ki gahrai mein ek roz utar kar dekho
qatl ho jaega suraj to lahu hogi sahar
dekhna hai to abhi subh ka manzar dekho


raaz-dar-raaz hai alfaz ki gahrai mein
mere chehre pe jo tahrir hai padh kar dekho
khamushi gunj bhi hai chikh bhi hai naghma bhi
tum kisi ped ko nazdik se chhu kar dekho


kaise patthar ka jigar chir ke uthti hai hayat
kisi chattan tale bij daba kar dekho
yun to chehre pe saja rakkhi hai ek bazm-e-tarab
kitne maqtal hain mere sine ke andar dekho


kitni dilkash hai dil-afroz hai duniya-e-dani
apni aankhon se zara hath hata kar dekho
is ‘aqide ne liya qaisar-o-kisra se khiraj
maut ka waqt azal se hai muqarrar dekho


ta-ba-kai shaukat-e-ajdad pe ye naz-o-ghurur
khwab-e-ghaflat se utho waqt ke tewar dekho
aasman chir ke jaega sitaron se pare
tum bhi ek bar chala kar zara patthar dekho


mar dalegi gala ghont ke sadiyon ki ghutan
khidkiyan khol do kuchh der to bahar dekho
dekh lena pas-e-qatil bhi koi hoga zarur
sirf qatil hi chalata nahin khanjar dekho


sakht se sakht hua jata hai chehra us ka
zindagi ka ye badalta hua paikar dekho