Waqt

sar-bar-awurda sanobar ki ghani shaKHon mein
chand billor ki TuTi hui chuDi ki tarah aTka hai

daman-e-koh ki ek basti mein
TimTimate hain mazaron pe charagh

aasman surmai farghul mein sitare Tanke
simTa jata hai jhuka aata hai

waqt be-zar nazar aata hai
sar-bar-awurda sanobar ki ghani shaKHon mein

subh ki nuqrai tanwir rachi jati hai
daman-e-koh mein bikhre hue khet

lahlahate hain to dharti ke tanaffus ki sada aati hai
aasman kitni bulandi pe hai aur kitna azim

nae suraj ki shuaon ka musaffa aangan
waqt bedar nazar aata hai

sar-bar-awurda sanobar ki ghani shaKHon mein
aaftab ek alao ki tarah raushan hai

daman-e-koh mein chalte hue hal
sina-e-dahr pe insan ke jabrut ki tariKH raqam karte hain

aasman tez shuaon se hai is darja gudaz
jaise chhune se pighal jaega

waqt tayyar nazar aata hai
sar-bar-awurda sanobar ki ghani shaKHon mein

zindagi kitne haqaeq ko janam deti hai
daman-e-koh mein phaile hue maidanon par

zauq-e-taKHliq ne ejaz dikhae hain lahu ugla hai
aasman gardish-e-ayyam ke rele se hirasan to nahin

KHair-maqdam ke bhi andaz hua karte hain
waqt ki rah mein moD aate hain manzil to nahin aa sakti