baat yun khatm hui
dard yun gaya jaise ki sahil hi na tha

sare altaf-o-karam bhul gae
jaur-faramosh hue

raat yun bit gai jaise ki nikla hi na tha
matla-e-shauq pe wo mah-e-tamam

ashk yun sukh gae jaise ki daman mera
us ka aanchal tha

wo paimana-e-naz
jaane gardish mein hai ki tut gaya

main zamane ke kinare yun khada hun tanha
jaise ek jast laga hi dunga

aur kal baad-e-sahar
yun mita degi har ek naqsh-e-qadam

jaise is rah se pahle koi guzra hi na tha