zara si baat thi baat aa gai judai tak
hansi ne chhod diya la ke jag-hansai tak

bhale se ab koi teri bhalai ginwae
ki main ne chaha tha tujh ko teri burai tak

tu chupke chupke murawwat se kyun bichhadta hai
mera ghurur bhi tha teri kaj-adai tak

mujhe to apni nadamat ki dad bhi na mili
main us ke sath raha apni na-rasai tak

is aaine ka to ab reza reza chubhta hai
ye aaina jise takti rahi khudai tak

ye hadsa hai mere zabt-e-haal ke hathon
safed ho gai kaghaz pe raushnai tak

pukarti rahin aankhen chala gaya hai koi
wo ek sukut tha aawaz se duhai tak

nikal ke dekha qafas se to aankh bhar aai
wo fasl-e-gul ki khadi thi meri rihai tak

ghazab hai tut ke chaha tha 'shaz' ne jis ko
suna ye rasm bhi thi surat-ashnai tak