shab-e-visal shab-e-intizar aai hai
khizan mein dekhiye kaisi bahaar aai hai

hazar ghuncha-e-gul par bahaar aai hai
saba chaman se magar be-qarar aai hai

kis ki yaad jo rukhsat hui mere dil se
sahar udas to shab sogwar aai hai

hamari ruh fana ki masarraton ke liye
qaba-e-tan sar-e-alam utar aai hai

ye mai-kashi thi ki parda-dari ki mahfil mein
kisi ki yaad ba-waqt-e-khumar aai hai

kahin zarur hua hai chaman mein qatl-e-tuyur
lahu ki bund ba-dosh-e-ghubar aai hai

hazar kham thi phir bhi meri umid 'kamal'
shabab-e-sham-e-tamanna nikhaar aai hai