Faqat kaghaz pe likha bar-e-aziyat utra

faqat kaghaz pe likha bar-e-aziyat utra
jab ghazal kah li to zangar-e-tabiat utra

bhuk se marte rahe KHema-e-aflas mein log
aasman se na magar KHwancha-e-nemat utra

man ne tawiz bhi bandha mere bazu pe magar
phir bhi sar se na ye sauda-e-mohabbat utra

dil-sarae mein tamannaen hain sar nehuDae
kaun basti mein wo mehman-e-masarrat utra

apne qad ki use pahchan bahut mushkil thi
sar se jab turra-e-dastar-e-fazilat utra

main na gham-KHwar-e-shahansha na talab-gar-e-kul
mujh pe kis waste aashob-e-qayamat utra

banu-e-shahr-e-adab ke liye is ahd mein harf
kitna be-maya-o-mahrum-e-sadaqat utra

sar ki faslon ko bacha le gae sab log magar
ek 'mohsin' sar-e-maidan-e-hilakat utra