jab tak nishan pukhta nahin ho jata
aansu nahin kahlata

aansu sayyal surat nahin
jamidana wasf ka bhi hamil hai

qimat-e-arz-e-hunar ki khatir
istaqamat, pukhtagi aur giraftagi-e-fikr lazim hai

waqt hatheli par thahri shabnam ko aaina kya dikhlata
shabnam khud muttasif hai aaine ki

nawishta hai waqt ki