meri nigah kahan did-e-husn-e-yar kahan
ho e'tibar to phir tab-e-intizar kahan

dilon mein farq hua jab to chah pyar kahan
chaman chaman hi nahin aaegi bahaar kahan

jise ye kah ke wo hans den ki qissa achchha hai
wo raaz khul ke bhi hota hai aashkar kahan

umang thi ye jawani ki ya koi aandhi
mila ke khak mein hum ko gai bahaar kahan

umid-war banane se muddaa kya tha
jab aas tum ne dila di to ab qarar kahan

mili hai is liye do-chaar din ki aazadi
ki sarf karta hai dekhen ye ikhtiyar kahan

ye shauq le ke chala hai chaman se shakl-e-nasim
ki dekhen milti hai jati hui bahaar kahan

hai ek shart wafa ki wo qaid-e-be-zanjir
sab ikhtiyar hain aur kuchh bhi ikhtiyar kahan

mite nishan pe nazar kar ke ro jise chahe
tere sitam ki hai turbat mera mazar kahan

tum aisa ahd-shikan 'arzu' sa na-ummid
kaho jo sach bhi to aata hai e'tibar kahan