safar-e-manzil-e-shab yad nahin

log ruKhsat huye kab yaad nahin

dil men har vaqt chubhan rahati thi

thi mujhe kis ki talab yad nahin

vo sitara thi ke shabanam thi ke phul

ik surat thi ajab yaad nahin

aisa ulajha hun gam-e-duniya men

ek bhi Khvab-e-tarab yad nahin

bhulate jaate hain maazi ke dayar

yad aayen bhi to sab yaad nahin

ye haqiqat hai ke ahabab ko ham

yaad hi kab the ke ab yad nahin

yaad hai sair-e-charaagan ‘Nasir’

di ke bujhane kaa sabab yad nahin