ik aalam-e-hairat hai fanaa hai na baqaa hai
hairat bhii ye hai ki kyaa jaaniye kyaa hai
sau baar jalaa hai to ye sau baar banaa hai
ham soKhtaa jaano.n kaa nasheman bhii balaa hai
hoTho.n pe tabassum hai ki ek barq-e-balaa hai
aa.nkho.n kaa ishaaraa hai ki sailaab-e-fanaa hai
sunataa huu.N ba.De gaur se afasaanaa-e-hastii
kuchh Khvaab hai kuchh asl hai kuchh tarz-e-adaa hai
hai tere tasavvur se yahaa.N nuur kii baarish
ye jaan-e-hazii.n hai ki shabistaan-e-hiraa hai
Asghar Gondvi
