yun bhi hoti hai sakhawat is ka andaza na tha
bhik us ghar se mili jis ghar ka darwaza na tha

shukriya tera nigah-e-naz tera shukriya
muntashir is tarah apne dil ka shiraaza na tha

ab na mustaqbil ayan hai aur na mazi ke nuqush
waqt ka chehra bahut shaffaf tha ghaza na tha

thi mujhe duniya se nafrat tha mujhe logon se bair
aap par to band mere dil ka darwaza na tha

napne aae the mujh ko gharq ho kar rah gae
doston ko meri gahrai ka andaza na tha

ye hui uqda-kushai dar-haqiqat baad-e-marg
zist maidan-e-amal thi koi khamyaza na tha

sehn-e-gulshan mein mili aksar dobara tazgi
dosto kunj-e-qafas mein zakhm-e-dil taza na tha

qais wo batla raha tha khud ko lekin 'ehtisham'
koi bhi sang-e-malamat koi aawaza na tha