tez rakhiyo sar-e-har-khaar ko ai dasht-e-junun — Mirza Mohammad Taqi Hawas

talaash is tarah bazm-e-aish mein hai be-nishaanon ki
koi kapDe mein jaise zakhm-e-sozan kaa nishaan DhunDhe

aashnaa koi nazar aataa nahin yaan ai 'havas'
kis ko main apnaa anis-e-kunj-e-tanhaai karun

sab ham-safir chhoD ke tanhaa chale gae
kunj-e-qafas mein mujh ko giraftaar dekh kar

dekhein kyaa ab ke asiri hamein dikhlaati hai
log kahte hain ki phir fasl-e-bahaar aati hai

dil mein ik iztiraab baaqi hai
ye nishaan-e-shabaab baaqi hai

sahraa mein 'havas' khaar-e-mughilaan ki madad se
baare miraa khuun har khas-o-khaashaak ko pahunchaa