lab-kushai mein zamane se nahin darna tha
umr bhar hum ne kiya kya hamein kya karna tha

surkh-ru kar-e-jahan mahfil-e-dil be-raunaq
bhar diya rang kahan hum ne kahan bharna tha

kis guzargah se manus-e-qadam ho baithe
us jagah hum ne to panw hi nahin dharna tha

band aankhon se bata sakte hain wo khwab nagar
is jagah jhil thi yan hum the wahan jharna tha

waqt lazim hai magar ai dil-e-barbaad tujhe
jism ki maut se pahle to nahin marna tha

ghairiyat aankh mein majburi-e-haalat se thi
dil mein ehsas-e-shanasai hamein warna tha

ghair ne panw jamane the yahan kawish se
hum ne ilzam bure waqt ke sar dharna tha

khud se milna tha abhi us se bichhadna tha abhi
hum ko jina tha abhi hum ko abhi marna tha

kha gai barf bahut waqt se pahle sabza
margh-zaron mein ghazalon ko abhi charna tha