wabasta jab hayat se ruswaiyan na thin
ghazlon mein husn fikr mein gahraiyan na thin

yun to sabhi ke pas thi mansur ki sanad
lekin kisi zaban pe sachchaiyan na thin

dekha to har taraf the gham-e-dil ke raazdar
socha to dur tak bhi shanasaiyan na thin

har dam safar mein aap ki yaadon ka sath tha
tanhaiyon ke baad bhi tanhaiyan na thin

'zahid' ajib log the shahr-e-hawas ke log
aankhen to sab ke pas thin binaiyan na thin