munh pher kar wo sab se gaya bhi to kya gaya
kam-bakht sare shahr ko pagal bana gaya

patthar ko bolne ki adaen sikha gaya
wo shakhs kaise kaise tamashe dikha gaya

us ko yahan se jaane ka behad malal tha
mud mud ke apne ghar ki taraf dekhta gaya

duniya-e-khwab aur haqiqat ke darmiyan
thoda jo fasla tha use bhi mita gaya

sab jaante hue bhi main anjaan hi raha
is ne samajh liya ki main dhoke mein aa gaya

ye kaun de raha hai dar-e-dil pe dastaken
ye kaun mere khwab ki diwar dha gaya

kuchh aur puchhne ki zarurat nahin rahi
halke se muskura ke wo sab kuchh bata gaya

de to gaya azab-e-judai mujhe magar
girhen jo dil mein thin wo unhen kholta gaya

koi bhi uzr-e-lang ki surat nahin rahi
lo ab tumhaare samne aaina aa gaya

jis ka har ek naqsh kaf-e-pa hai aaina
is rah-rau ko dhundne khud rasta gaya