raat din gadhte rahe yunhi fasane kitne
dil ko bahlane ko dhunde hain bahane kitne

khak-e-parwana udi sham-e-shabistan bhi bujhi
rah-e-ulfat mein mite mujh se na jaane kitne

sarguzasht-e-dil-e-barbaad sunane ke liye
saz-e-ayyam pe bajte hain tarane kitne

aarzu khak-basar aur mohabbat barbaad
kishwar-e-husn mein ujde hain gharane kitne

marg-e-amboh kabhi sham-e-ghariban hai kabhi
zindagi mein hain abhi jashn manane kitne

kabhi afsurda tabassum kabhi be-wajh malal
rup dikhlae tere naz-o-ada ne kitne

ek hum the ki rahe wasl se mahrum 'zubair'
zulf-o-gesu se mahakte rahe shane kitne