na kisi se pas mere yar ka aana gaya
bas gaya main jaan se ab us se ye jaana gaya

i saw nothing besides the curving, leaping fire
the last thing i saw was the moth moving to the fire.

kuchh na dekha phir ba-juz yak shola-e-pur-pech-o-tab
shama tak to hum ne dekha tha ki parwana gaya

ek hi chashmak thi fursat sohbat-e-ahbab ki
dida-e-tar sath le majlis se paimana gaya

gul khile sad rang to kya be-pari se a nasim
muddaten guzrin ki wo gulzar ka jaana gaya

dur tujh se 'mir' ne aisa tab khincha ki shokh
kal jo main dekha use mutlaq na pahchana gaya