main khak mein mile hue gulab dekhta raha
aur aane wale mausamon ke khwab dekhta raha

kisi ne mujh se kah diya tha zindagi pe ghaur kar
main shakh par khila hua gulab dekhta raha

khada tha main samundaron ko ok mein liye hue
magar ye shakhs ajib tha sarab dekhta raha

wo us ka mujh ko dekhna bhi ek tilism tha magar
main aur ek jahan pas-e-naqab dekhta raha

wo gahri nind soi thi main nind se lada hua
so raat bhar sahab o mahtab dekhta raha

siyah raat mein rafiq dushmanon se ja mile
main hauslon ki tutti tanab dekhta raha