shanakht us ke nam se thi
jism ki bahaar se

shanakht aaftab se thi
zulf-e-abshaar se

shanakht pairahan se thi
ghazal-e-nur-bar se

shanakht us ke shabnami
fishaar aatishin se thi

zamin-doz aasman-sifat khumar se
khuli hui thi dur dur tak

tabassumon ki surkh dhup
tez raushni

tamam shafqaton ki narm chandni
malaik-o-nujum

aaj sare be-murad ho gae
shanakhten ujad gain

sulagte baam-o-dar ke darmiyan
shumar ho rahe hain sokhta burida jism

reza reza kuchh makan
wo be-shanakht ho gai

wo khwab thi
wo ek hasin nam thi

wo nam se bichhad gai