azim-tar thi nazar ki duniya
hasin thin aarzu ki rahen

alamat-e-zindagi thi khwabon ki kahkashan
zad-e-rah thin hairaten wafaen

larazte ehsas
kanpta zehn

fikr-e-farda ki jot se
muztarib nigahen

wo rang-o-saut-o-sada ke waqfe
wo jaan-o-tan ki hikayaten

qalb-o-ruh ke dil-kusha manazir
wo sab jo ek umr ki kamai the

kaise ek be-kanar kohre mein chhup gae hain
wo khwab jo hairaton wafaon ne

dil ki kheti mein boe the
kaise harf madum ho gae hain