ye to nahin malum ki kya baat hui thi
han sahil-e-dariya pe bahut bhid lagi thi

apni rawish-e-kaj-kulahi se na bani baat
sunte hain ki is dhang se bahuton ki bani thi

hum din ke ujalon ko dua do ki abhi tak
kuche mein tumhaare shab-e-tarik basi thi

dekha tha kisi shokh ne shab khwab chaman ka
raunde hue phulon ki ada bol rahi thi

jiddat ke ujale mein bhi palte hain andhere
kisi dhup ke mare ne khuda lagti kahi thi

chup-chap chale aae tum achchha hua 'nazim'
saqi se ulajhna bhi to ek be-adabi thi