** mashaa Allah…nazar e bad-door bal k bahooot door…in chashm-haa-e-maKHmoor ko dekh kar yeh ash’aar yaad aa gaye:
in aaNkhoN kii mastii ke mastaane hazaaroN haiN
in aaNkhoN se vaabasta afsaane hazaaroN ne
terii aanKhoN ke sivaa dunyaa meN rakkhaa kiyaa hai
yeh jhukeN subHa Chale, yeh jhukeN shaam Dhale
meraa jeenaa, meraa marnaa inhiiN palkoN ke tale
** Darte haiN chashm-o-zulf, nigaah-o-adaa se ham
har dam panaah maangte haiN har balaa se ham
** ma’shuuq jaaye, Huur mile, mai ba-jaaye aab
maiHshar meN DO savaal kareNge Khudaa se ham**
**
dekheN to pahle kaun miTe uskii raah meN
baiThe haiN shart baandh ke har naqsh-e-paa se ham**