isi udas khandar ke udas tile par
jahan pade hain nukile se surmai kankar

jahan ki khak pe shabnam ke haar bikhre hain
shafaq ki narm kiran jis pe jhilmilati hai

shikasta inton pe makdi ke jal hain jis ja
yahin pe dil ko nae dard se do-chaar kiya

kisi ke panw ki aahat ka intizar kiya
isi udas khandar ke udas tile par

ye nahr jis mein kabhi lahr bhi uthi hogi
jo aaj dida-e-be-ab-o-nur hai goya

jise hubab ke rangin qumqume na mile
bajae mauj jahan sanp raqs karte the

yahin nigah-e-tamanna ko ashk-bar kiya
kisi ke panw ki aahat ka intizar kiya

isi udas khandar ke udas tile par
muhib-e-ghaar ke kone pe ye jhuka sa darakht

faza mein latki hui khokhli jaden jis ki
ye tahniyan jo hawaon mein thartharaati hain

bata rahi hain ki mazi ki yaadgar hain hum
unhin ki chhanw mein sham-e-junun se pyar kiya

kisi ke panw ki aahat ka intizar kiya
isi udas khandar ke udas tile par