Be-nishan

baat yun KHatm hui

dard yun gaya jaise ki sahil hi na tha

sare altaf-o-karam bhul gae

jaur-faramosh hue

raat yun bit gai jaise ki nikla hi na tha

matla-e-shauq pe wo mah-e-tamam

ashk yun sukh gae jaise ki daman mera

us ka aanchal tha

wo paimana-e-naz

jaane gardish mein hai ki TuT gaya

main zamane ke kinare yun khaDa hun tanha

jaise ek jast laga hi dunga

aur kal baad-e-sahar

yun miTa degi har ek naqsh-e-qadam

jaise is rah se pahle koi guzra hi na tha