raqs-e-junun ki garmi-e-tasir dekhna 
khulta hai kaise halqa-e-zanjir dekhna 
ghis ghis ke pattharon ko banaya hai aaina 
dekhen wo KHwab hum ko hai tabir dekhna 
harbe sab un ke un ko hi lauTa diye gae 
hairat se ban gae hain wo taswir dekhna 
likh di zaban-e-zaKHm mein rudad-e-zindagi 
jismon pe us ki shoKHi-e-tahrir dekhna 
ab to wajud-e-maqtal-o-zindan pe aa bani 
ab beDiyan na tauq na zanjir dekhna 
dekhe hain baiThe baiThe muqaddar ke tum ne khel 
uTh kar zara karishma-e-tadbir dekhna 
qasr-e-hayat-e-nau ki hai barud par bina 
'anjum' ye paedari-e-tamir dekhna
 
        Ghazal
Raqs-e-junun ki garmi-e-tasir dekhna
Anjum Irfani

