ye aarzu hai ki wo nama-bar se le kaghaz
bala se phad ke phir hath mein na le kaghaz

wo kaun din hai ki ghairon ko khat nahin likhta
qalam ke ban ko lage aag aur jale kaghaz

tamam shahr mein tashhir mere bad-khu ne
payam-bar ko kiya bandh kar gale kaghaz

baha dun aise kai daftar ashk ki rau mein
kiye hain jama are ghafilo bhale kaghaz

payam-bar mujhe aisa koi nahin milta
ki hila-ju se mere le hi kar tale kaghaz

'bayan' ko zof hai itna ki baad-e-tund ke roz
jo khat likhe to use le ke ud chale kaghaz