badban khulne se pahle ka ishara dekhna

main samandar dekhti hun tum kinara dekhna

yun bicharna bhi bahut asan na tha us se magar

jate jate us ka wo mur k dubara dekhna

kis shabahat ko liye aya hai darwaze pe chand

ai shab-e-hijran zara apna sitara dekhna

aine ki ankh hi kuch kam na thi mere liye

jane ab kya kya dikhayega tumhara dekhna