shaq aafiyat-kanar kinare ko kar gai
dariya ki mauj sar ko patak kar guzar gai

tohmat ka sail subh ko uthne laga ki shab
dastak thi ek dar pe sada dar-ba-dar gai

ghaarat-gar-e-sukun thin nawa-ha-e-khun-e-balb
jangal ki sham shahr mein aai to dar gai

rota phirega raat ke raston pe mahtab
aaghosh-e-arz-khak to suraj se bhar gai

aaram-e-jaan tha khwab-e-sukun aankh jab khuli
sail-e-fana utar gaya mitti bikhar gai

na-karda kariyon ki pashemaniyan na puchh
umr-e-aziz dhundte phiriye kidhar gai

tere huzur kaun sa nazrana tha qubul
dil sa guhar bhi le ke meri chashm-e-tar gai

diwar-o-dar pe jin ke lahu bolta raha
mauj-e-fana wo sare makan dher kar gai

khushbu-e-marg ka na thikana mila koi
main bhi ghubar-e-rah raha wo jidhar gai

ab gosh-bar-sada hue hum dosto to kya
aawaz dur ki thi samaat-safar gai