rah chalte hue ek mod pe dur az ummid
aankh jhapki to mere samne wo shokh pari-paikar tha

mere pahlu se wo guzra magar is tarah ki chehre pe tha hath
ek mithi si khalish chhod gai dil mein ye jaan-soz ada

mawarai saya jalwa jo gurezan hai meri nazron se
meri banhon ki hararat mein kabhi shama ke manind pighal jata tha

qurb ki aanch se ye paikar-e-nur
ishq ki aatish-e-sayyal mein dhal jata tha

ek shola sa rag-o-pai mein machal jata tha
ye koi dasht-e-tasawwur ka hasin mod na tha

jahan ram-dida ghazalan-e-takhayyul ne use dekha ho
ye koi khwab-e-dil-awez na tha

mod ojhal hua nazron se to phir rah wahi log wahi
sirf wo chehra wo aankhen wo khat-o-khal na the

jin se badh kar koi nazron ka shanasa bhi nahin
hae wo lamha-e-paran wo dil-awez ada

yun mile jaise kabhi main ne unhen dekhna chaha bhi nahin
hai riwayat ki khudawand-e-khudayan-e-jahan

apni ruyat se musharraf yunhi farmata hai un bandon ko
jo us ki lagan mein shab o roz

hamd o tasbih o sana aur munajat o dua karte hain
sirf ek did ki hasrat mein jiya karte hain

aankhon mein kat diya karte hain raat
tab kisi lamhe mein wo zat-e-munazzah ki jo hai khatama-e-jumla-sifat

shola-e-husn-e-azal ruh-e-jahan jaan-e-hayat
subh ke nur ke manind nigahon ko munawwar karta

arsh se farsh pe karta hai nuzul
aur usi lamha wo bad-bakht wo martazi-e-tasbih-o-ruku-o-sajda

nashsha-e-tishnagi-e-did se chur
khanqahon ke kisi goshe mein so jate hain

jis tarah hasrat-e-didar mein ek umr guzari hi nahin
aarti jaise kabhi us ki nigahon ne utari hi nahin

aur wo rabb-e-jahan rahat-e-jaan
mawara-e-nigah-e-kaun-o-makan

munh chhupae hue hathon se guzar jata hai
hasrat-e-did dar-o-baam se sar phodti rah jati hai