wo jahan bhi kaisa jahan tha jahan raat meri guzar gai
wo hawa-e-shauq thi mushk-bu rag-e-jaan ko jaise katar gai

shab-e-tar jo ki thi ham-safar kisi raste mein basar hui
ho bayan-e-wahshat-e-dil bhi kya jo guzar gai so guzar gai

jahan dhadkanon ka hisab tha wahin kan us pe lage hue
na kisi ko phir bhi khabar hui na kisi ki us pe nazar gai

ye jo la-makan hai makan to hai to makin bhi hona zarur hai
wo usi ka hukm tha bil-yaqin jo zamin pe nau-e-bashar gai

koi rashk-e-husn-e-tamam tha wahi qadd-o-qamat-e-sarw sa
wahi barq jis ka bayan ho kya jo giri to dil mein utar gai

wo dua thi mere shikasta dil ki jo sidra par bhi na ruk saki
rah-e-arsh us ki nazar mein thi na idhar gai na udhar gai