Kyun

tum jo qatil na masiha Thahre

na ilaj-e-shab-e-hijran na gham-e-chaaragaran

na koi dushna-e-pinhan

na kahin KHanjar-e-sam-aluda

na qarib-e-rag-e-jaan

tum to us ahd ke insan ho jise

wadi-e-marg mein jine ka hunar aata tha

muddaton pahle bhi jab raKHt-e-safar bandha tha

hath jab dast-e-dua the apne

panw zanjir ke halqon se kaTe jate the

lafz taqsir the

aawaz pe taziren thin

tum ne masum jasarat ki thi

ek tamanna ki ibaadat ki thi

pa barahna the tumhaare

yahi bosida qaba thi tan par

aur yahi surKH lahu ke dhabbe

jinhen tahrir-e-gul-o-lala kaha tha tum ne

har nazzara pe nazzargi-e-jaan tum ko

har gali kucha-e-mahbub nazar aai thi

raat ko zulf se tabir kiya tha tum ne

tum bhala kyun rasan-o-dar tak aa pahunche ho

tum na mansur na isa Thahre