tauba se main khajil ba-khuda-e-karim tha
tark-e-gunah bais-e-jurm-e-azim tha

jannat ka tha khayal na khauf-e-jahim tha
banda qatil-e-khanjar-e-ummid-o-bim tha

hun wo shahid qabr meri chaar-su bane
tha jite ji do-para jigar dil do-nim tha

tifl-e-sarishk nam ko lakht-e-jigar sahi
lekin palak se girte hi goya yatim tha

tifli se tha tere rukh-o-zulf-o-dahan ka ishq
pahla sabaq hamara alif lam mim tha

sab daman-e-haya ki rahin lan-taraniyan
mera ghubar surma-e-chashm-e-kalim tha

qatil khila hai gulshan-e-zakhm-e-dil-o-jigar
shah-par mein tere tir ke faiz-e-nasim tha

hoti namaz-e-qasr yahan kis tarah ada
waiz main but-kade mein tha lekin muqim tha

badla na bakht gardish-e-lail-o-nahaar se
hum to yahi kahenge ki aalam qadim tha

sunta tha kaun teri gali mein meri fughan
har naqsh-e-pa ba-surat-e-gosh-e-samim tha

thokar na khane di hamein sar phodna kuja
'rasikh' ye sach hai sang-e-dar-e-but laim tha