bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa — Ibn

din ke bhule ko raat Dasti hai
shaam ko vaapsi nahin hoti

chaand kaa husn bhi zamin se hai
chaand par chaandni nahin hoti

likhne ko likh rahe hain ghazab ki kahaaniyaan
likkhi na jaa saki magar apni hi daastaan

husn banaa jab bahti gangaa
ishq huaa kaaghaz ki naav

zamin ki kokh hi zakhmi nahin andheron se
hai aasmaan ke bhi siine pe aaftaab kaa zakhm

ajiib baat hai kichaD mein lahlahaae kanval
phaTe puraane se jismon pe saj ke resham aae

sabhi se jab mohabbat chaahte ho
mohabbat kyon nahin karte sabhi se

kisi se ishq apnaa kyaa chhupaaein
mohabbat Tapki paDti hai nazar se

husn jalva dikhaa gayaa apnaa
ishq baiThaa rahaa udaas kahin

maashuq se bhi ham ne nibhaai baraabari
vaan lutf kam huaa to yahaan pyaar kam huaa

ho gayaa raaz-e-ishq be-parda
us ne parde se jo nikaalaa munh

mohabbat mein vafaa ki had jafaa ki intihaa kaisi
'mubaarak' phir na kahnaa ye sitam koi sahe kab tak