rahat mili sukun mila aagahi mili
wo kya mile ki hum ko nai zindagi mili

dil ka bujha charagh achanak bhadak utha
ek chashm-e-pur-khulus mein wo shoalagi mili

sath un ke zindagi ka safar is tarah kata
rahon mein har qadam pe khushi nachti mili

jis mein racha hua tha mera rang-e-arzu
un ke labon pe git ki wo pankhudi mili

shayad meri nigah-e-parastish ka sehr tha
murat wo marmarin si mujhe bolti mili

ek mah-wash ka nur raha ruh par muhit
har raat zindagi ki mujhe chandni mili

badnam ishq mein na hue ghair ki tarah
izzat-faza hayat hamein ishq ki mili

dil-bastagi-e-bazm mein talwe jhulas gae
shoalon pe raqs karti hamein zindagi mili

ek mehrban nazar ki ada-e-latif se
aawargi-e-‘raaz’ ko shaistagi mili