Dil apne ranj-o-gham se jam-e-jahan-numa tha

dil apne ranj-o-gham se jam-e-jahan-numa tha
ab aap hi bataen achchha tha ya bura tha

sahra tha ya chaman tha jaane wahi ki kya tha
is dil ki intiha hai jo muddaton jala tha

taDpun tu raaz kholun sanblun to ishq na-KHush
jis haal ko main samjha achchha wahi bura tha

puchha na zindagi mein yun to kisi ne aa kar
marne ke baad jo tha wo mujh ko puchhta tha

shab ko meri sadaen mujh tak palaT ke aain
nalon ki kya KHata thi jab band rasta tha

manzil pe jab gira tha thak kar to main ne dekha
qissa mera zaban-e-alam pe chal raha tha

jaan-e-hazin nikalti sham-e-firaq kyun kar
wo raat thi andheri rasta na sujhta tha

meri taraf chale tum jab jaankani mein tha main
duniya hai ek aata tha ek ja raha tha

ek tarah ki musibat hoti to jhel lete
har shab nai zamin thi har din falak naya tha

afsos hai ki umr-e-fani ne KHatm ho kar
mujh ko wahi bataya jis ko main jaanta tha

DhunDengi baad mere mujh ko charagh le kar
wo mahfilen ki jin mein 'saqib' ghazal-sara tha