Wo aurat thi

KHala ki mushkilat apni jagah qaem thin aur duniya
ujaDti bharbhari banjar zaminon ki nishani thi

sitare surKH the aur chand suraj par andheron ka basera tha
daraKHton par parindon ki jagah viraniyon ke ghonsle hote

zamin ki kokh mein bas thur tha aur KHar ugte the
hawa ko sans lene mein bahut dushwariyan hotin

to phir us nur wale ne koi lauh-e-anara bhej di shayad
andhere raushni pe kis tarah iman le aae

balaen kis tarah pariyon ki surat mein chali aain
ye kis naural suwaiba ki KHuda taKHliq kar baiTha

ye narmi dilbari sharm-o-haya taKHliq kar baiTha
wo naural wo suwaiba jis ki KHatir aasman se rang utre the

wo jis ke dam se duniya par nazakat ka wajud aaya
KHuda-e-KHalq ne naural se pahle hi hawas taKHliq kar di thi

nazakat tak hawas ki dastaras taKHliq kar di thi
hazaron sal guzre hain magar fitrat nahin badli

nigahen ab bhi bhuki hain ki jaise kha hi jaengi
hawas-zadon ne kaise nur se munh par mali kalak

har ek rishta zarurat ke mutabiq kis liye badla
hawas-zadon badan-KHoro zara si sharm farmao

wo naural wo suwaiba raushni ka istiara thi
kabhi hawwa kabhi mariyam kabhi lauhe-anara thi

wo aurat thi