zahid teri nigah khuda-ashna nahin
tu jaanta zarur hai pahchanta nahin

jangal ke phul se hai ibarat mera nasib
wo naw hun ki jis ka koi nakhuda nahin

kya jaane kaise shahr-e-khamoshan ke log hain
aawaz de raha hun koi bolta nahin

hairat hai jis ka taj-mahal pesh-e-lafz hai
logon ne us kitab ko ab tak padha nahin

le aai hai mohabbat-e-insan mujhe wahan
jis raste mein aur koi naqsh-e-pa nahin

kya hoga is safine ka anjam ai 'nihaal'
tufan se khelne ka jise hausla nahin