pahle jo thi wo dil ki mere baat bhi nahin
kuchh sazgar in dinon haalat bhi nahin

kya dil ka haal hoga khuda jaane ta-sahar
pahli si ab wo taron bhari raat bhi nahin

hum ne wafa ka un ko dikhaya hai aaina
is mein to barhami ki koi baat bhi nahin

sab log ajnabi hain yahan kis ko den sada
is shahr mein kisi se mulaqat bhi nahin

kis ko sunaen kaun sune kya pata chale
dilchasp zindagi ki hikayat bhi nahin

hum kya kisi se baat karen mehr-o-mah ki
raushan to khud hamare khayalat bhi nahin

'ahmad' ba-qadr-e-zarf hain aasuda sab yahan
tishna to koi rind-e-kharabaat bhi nahin