tham gaya dard ujala hua tanhai mein
barq chamki hai kahin raat ki gahrai mein

bagh ka bagh lahu rang hua jata hai
waqt masruf hai kaisi chaman-arai mein

shahr viran hue bahr bayaban hue
khak udti hai dar o dasht ki pahnai mein

ek lamhe mein bikhar jata hai tana-bana
aur phir umr guzar jati hai yakjai mein

us tamashe mein nahin dekhne wala koi
is tamashe ko jo barpa hai tamashai mein