ab ye ehsas dam-e-fikr-e-sukhan hone laga
apni hi nazmon ka bhula hua kirdar hun main

main musafir hun bayaban-e-faramoshi ka
apne naqsh-e-kaf-e-pa se bhi shanasai nahin

ta-ba-pahana-e-nazar ret ke tilon ka sukut
apna saya bhi yahan monis-e-tanhai nahin

tir ban kar koi sannate ke dil mein utre
kisi mayus parinde ki sada-e-tanha

zakhmi aahu-e-ramida ki ada-e-tanha
kash pal bhar ko utar aata khuda-e-tanha

main kisi aazar-e-gumnam ka but hun shayad
jis ki qismat mein koi chashm-e-tamashai nahin

izn-e-fariyaad nahin rukhsat-e-goyai nahin
dur us par shafaq rang guphaon se pare

zer-e-mehrab-e-falak qafila-e-umr-e-rawan
tan udate hue sarmast o jawan guzra tha

mah-nishan najm-chakan mehr-inan guzra tha
khun rulata hai subuk-gami-e-mahmil ka saman

ab bhi kaunda sa lapakta hai ghataon se pare
main bhi us waqt sar-e-rah tha hairan hairan

pa-barahna nazar-awara tan-afgar khamosh
dard se mohr-ba-lab surat-e-diwar khamosh

khalish-e-hasrat-e-jaan thi ki koi pahchane
shama si dil ke nihan-khane mein larzan larzan

mujh pe kya bit gai kaun sune kya jaane
chashm-e-khun-basta ko aaseb ka maman samjha

qafile walon ne shayad mujhe rahzan samjha