Gulab-ba-kaf

bahaar ki ye dil-awez sham
jis ki taraf

qadam uThae hain main ne
ki us se hath milaun

aur ek shagufta shanasai ki bina rakkhun
phir apni KHana-badoshi ki mushtarak lai par

use gulab-ba-kaf KHema-e-junun tak laun
kuchh us ki KHair KHabar puchhun

aur kuchh apni kahun
kahun ki kitne hi patjhaD ke mausam aae gae

magar in aankhon ki sahr-ul-bayaniyan na gain
kahun ki garche anasir ne tohmaten bandhin

junun zadon ki magar saKHt-jaaniyan na gain
kahun ki ek hain andeshe sab mere tere

kahun alag nahin jine ke Dhab mere tere
kahun ki ek se hain roz-o-shab mere tere

kahun ki milte hain nam-o-nasab mere tere
kahun azal se junun karobar apna hai

hazar jabr ho kuchh iKHtiyar apna hai