sarsabz ye jangal chahat ka wo dasht-e-wafa hai viran bhi
hai dil ko sukun bhi dekh ke ye aur zehn-e-rasa hai hairan bhi

ye bhi hai qarina ek shayad hasti mein tawazun rakhne ka
kuchh raaz ayan kar logon par kuchh haal magar rakh pinhan bhi

ek zarb ana ne zer-o-zabar kar dala mohabbat ka mehwar
ab us se panah rab chahen the jis pe kabhi hum nazan bhi

is daur-e-zehanat mein jab jab dastur-e-aman par baat hui
aaya hai katahre mein aksar tab sath hamare yazdan bhi

ek lahza sitam ek lamha karam hum par hai ye ehsan un ka sada
raazi bhi hun ek saat mein magar ho jate hain pal mein nalan bhi

hai aql samajhne se qasir pahlu ye tamaddun ka ab tak
malbus jahan hain mard bahut aurat hai wahin par uryan bhi

apna to nahin kuchh logon ko ye dekh ke hairani hai bahut
hain jis se gile-shikwe bhi hamein rahte hain usi par nazan bhi

shair hain amal ke maidan se kuchh dur to us mein hairat kyun
ghazlon ki zaminon par un ko dekhoge bahut sargardan bhi

us se bhi pata chalta hai ki han khallaq-e-do-alam hai koi
har shai hai alag pahchan liye ek nazm hai sab mein yaksan bhi

ab hum mein nahin wo josh-e-junun us mein bhi nahin wo baat ki jo
rahat ka sabab the dil ke liye jaanan nahin zikr-e-jaanan bhi

qismat ke andhere mein bhi rahi aankhon mein meri ek kahkashan
tarik nahin kar pae kabhi khwabon ko sawad-e-zindan bhi

nafrat se mohabbat se aksar hum ne hi likhi taqdir teri
hum ne hi zamin-e-gul tujh ko jannat bhi kiya aur viran bhi

takrar-e-sitamgar se behtar rukhsat lo yahan se 'athar'-ji
ye kaam to tum kar sakte ho ye kaam lage hai aasan bhi