mere safar ki haden khatm ab kahan hongi
ki manzilen bhi to aakhir rawan dawan hongi

ye fasle jo abhi tai hue hain kahte hain
ye qurbaten tere ehsas par giran hongi

jo din ko rang lagen aur shab ko phul banen
wo suraten kahin hongi magar kahan hongi

wo hath ruth gae aur wo sath chhut gae
kise khabar thi ki itni judaiyan hongi

suna to tha magar is ramz ko samajhte na the
ki teri khush-nigahi mein bhi talkhiyan hongi

talash thi gohr-e-dard ki na jaante the
ki bahr-e-dil mein wo gahraiyan kahan hongi

wo aaj anjuman-e-am ban ke jagen hain
wo khalwaten jo kabhi teri raaz-dan hongi

hamare dam se hai raushan dayar-e-fikr-o-sukhan
hamare baad ye galiyan dhuan dhuan hongi

ye ahd wo hai ki meri wafa ke qisson mein
teri jafa ki hikayat bhi bayan hongi

chale chalo ki dayar-e-khirad ke us jaanib
sukun ki chhanw mein khwabon ki bastiyan hongi

tu rah-e-shauq mein tanha nahin thahar 'baqar'
ki tere sath abhi jag-hansaiyan hongi