raat ke sans ki mahkar se sarshaar hawa
jagte shahr sula deti hai bedar hawa

ho ke sairab kham-e-shab se sar-e-daman-e-gul
surat-e-abr baras jati hai mai-khwar hawa

jaane kis tarah khalaon mein dhanak banti hai
chand ki rang bhari jhil ke us par hawa

talib-e-mauj-e-sahar jati hai lahron pe sawar
sahil-e-shab se uthati hai jo patwar hawa

kitni yaaden hain ki jhonkon ki tarah tairti hain
chhod aati hai safar mein jinhen manjdhaar hawa

sar khule khak udati hui aangan aangan
raat ke dard ka kar jati hai izhaar hawa

chand ke ras mein bujhe lamhon ki tanhai mein
zahr-e-hijran mein hai dubi hui talwar hawa

kitne lamhe the ki ashkon ki tarah barse the
raat guzri thi jo gati hui malhaar hawa

zard shakhon ki patawar mein uthati hui hashr
'keats' ki nazm ka jaise koi kirdar hawa

wo teri jhumti zulfon ka ghana jangal hai
bhul jati hai jahan shokhi-e-raftar hawa

aasman par safar-e-mauj-e-sahar se pahle
roz utha deti hai ek rang ki diwar hawa