mayassar khud nigah-dari ki aasaish nahin rahti
mohabbat mein to pesh-o-pas ki gunjaish nahin rahti

andhere aur bhi kuchh tez-raftari se badhte hain
diya koi jalane ki jahan koshish nahin rahti

ye dil to kis taraf jaane baha kar le gaya hota
nigahon mein agar wo saat-e-pursish nahin rahti

mah-o-anjum se laut aaen ijara-dar duniya ke
jahan ye panw rakhte hain wahan tabish nahin rahti

bahut se phul lahje khar hote hum ne dekhe hain
kisi shirin-nawa ki dil ko ab khwahish nahin rahti

musallas ka khat-e-salis mujhe mil kar nahin deta
kabhi qismat se wo ruk jae to barish nahin rahti