zara si baat ke kya kya bane hain afsane
hamein junun hi sahi log kyon hain diwane

pade na kaam jahan doston se kaam pada
wahin pe tut gae muddaton ke yarane

naya hai ahd marasim ke hain nae mear
badal gae hain khulus-o-wafa ke paimane

pas-e-ghubar to chehron ko hum ne dekh liya
ye aur baat hawaon ke rukh na pahchane

gaya wo jalwa wo jazba wo mahfilen bhi gain
na ab wo sham-e-farozan na ab wo parwane

kise guman tha ki ban jaenge raqib wahi
wo khair-khwah jo aate the hum ko samjhane

hamein to khair shuur-e-khud-agahi tha kahan
ye kya ki ahl-e-nazar bhi hamein na pahchane

wo jaan-nisari-e-baham wo pas-e-ahd-e-wafa
wo log 'bazm' kahan kho gae khuda jaane