sahil tamam ashk-e-nadamat se at gaya
dariya se koi shakhs to pyasa palat gaya

lagta tha be-karan mujhe sahra mein aasman
pahuncha jo bastiyon mein to khanon mein bat gaya

ya itna sakht-jaan ki talwar be-asar
ya itna narm-dil ki rag-e-gul se kat gaya

banhon mein aa saka na haweli ka ek sutun
putli mein meri aankh ki sahra simat gaya

ab kaun jae ku-e-malamat ko chhod kar
qadmon se aa ke apna hi saya lipat gaya

gumbad ka kya qusur use kyun kaho bura
aaya jidhar se tair udhar hi palat gaya

rakhta hai khud se kaun harifana kashmakash
main tha ki raat apne muqabil hi dat gaya

jis ki aman mein hun wahi ukta gaya na ho
bunden ye kyun barasti hain baadal to chhat gaya

wo lamha-e-shuur jise jaankani kahen
chehre se zindagi ke naqaben ulat gaya

thokar se mera panw to zakhmi hua zarur
raste mein jo khada tha wo kohsar hat gaya

ek hashr sa bapa tha mere dil mein ai 'shakeb'
kholin jo khidkiyan to zara shor ghat gaya