yahi nahin ki nigahon ko ashk-bar kiya
tere firaq mein daman bhi tar tar kiya

mata-e-ishq yahi hasil-e-hayat yahi
khulus nazar kiya aur dil nisar kiya

yahi bas ek khata wajh-e-be-qarari thi
jo reg-zar mein baran ka intizar kiya

zar-e-bayan se muzayyan nuqush-e-husn kiye
mata-e-harf ko midhat-sara-e-yar kiya

palat ke aa gae nale jo aasmanon se
khuda ko chhod diya kufr ikhtiyar kiya