kohkan-e-shab the raha shaghl sahar hone tak
sar patakna isi diwar mein dar hone tak

us ki aadat thi mere khun ko pani karna
rang kya kya na uda aankh ke tar hone tak

ab dawa hai na dua hai na masiha goya
har khudai thi mera khun-e-jigar hone tak

umr bhar phir se judai ko mohabbat kahna
dekhna bhi hai zamane ki nazar hone tak

apni aahen hi subuk-gam na hone dengi
pa-ba-zanjir chalo khatm-e-safar hone tak

shahr ka shahr hua ab to taaqub mein mere
tera jadu bhi tha mujh khak-basar hone tak

ye to main tha ki tarasha hai har ek zakhm se phul
hath kat jate hain nakhun mein hunar hone tak