rafta-rafta gham se dil ko rabt paida ho gaya sahte sahte sakhtiyan patthar kaleja ho gaya ek hi hichki mein sara khatm qissa ho gaya aaj bimar-e-mohabbat ka mudawa ho gaya ghair ke mazkur par takrar-o-hujjat badh gai baaton hi baaton mein un se aaj jhagda ho gaya hijr ki ye raat ya-rab kis tarah hogi basar sham hi se ghar mein mere hashr barpa ho gaya kaam sidhe-pan se ulfat mein koi chalta nahin aa gae jab hum kaji par charkh sidha ho gaya dasht tha sunsan bilkul qais ke marne ke baad dam se wahshi ke tere aabaad sahra ho gaya ho gae mujh se mukhatab haal-e-dil sunte rahe meri surat par unhen dushman ka dhoka ho gaya ye shab-e-hijran ki tariki ka hai ab tak asar roz-e-raushan mein mere ghar mein andhera ho gaya chain tujh ko bhi na hasil ho kabhi kambakht dil teri betabi se main ulfat mein ruswa ho gaya ye haqiqat hai use hasil hui mearaj-e-ishq yar ke naqsh-e-qadam par jis ka sajda ho gaya ishq ke aazar paiham main ne jhele is qadar ek ibrat ka muraqqa main sarapa ho gaya hamdamo kaise bataen lazzat-e-zakhm-e-darun ban gaya nasur wo jo zakhm achchha ho gaya hijr ki tarik shab us par balaon ka hujum kya bataen raat ko is ghar mein kya kya ho gaya un ki padna thi nazar pahlu se dil jata raha dam-zadan mein saneha ye ruh-farsa ho gaya aa padi hai is tarah ki ham-nashin uftad-e-ishq zindagi ka zikr kya dushwar marna ho gaya gham ghalat karte hain 'ishrat' is tarah se hijr mein ro liye kuchh der dil ka bojh halka ho gaya