[hotkhan]

shab-e-Gam-e-furqat hame.n kyaa kyaa maze dikhalaa_e thaa
dam ruke thaa siine me.n kambaKht jii ghabaraa_e thaa


bal be ayyaarii aduu ke aage vo paimaan shikan
vaadaa-e-vasl phir karataa thaa aur sharmaa_e thaa


sun ke merii marg bole mar gayaa achchhaa huaa
kyaa buraa lagataa thaa jis dam saamane aa jaa_e thaa


baat shab ko us ke manaa-e-beqaraarii se ba.Dii
ham to samajhe aur kuchh vo aur kuchh samajhaa_e thaa


ko_ii din to us pe kyaa tasviir kaa aalam rahaa
har ko_ii hairat kaa putalaa dekh kar ban jaa_e thaa


suu-e-saharaa le chale us kuu se merii naash haa_e
thaa yahii dar in dino.n talvaa meraa khujalaa_e thaa


ho ga_ii do roz kii ulfat me.n kyaa haalat abhii
"Momin"-e-vahashii ko dekhaa is taraf se jaa_e thaa