guruub-e-aftaab aur tum

"Ek aisi aarzoo jo kabhi chah na saki,

Mai tumhe tumse kabhi maang na saki;

Sath tumhare tum ek hissa jo mera le gaye,

In zamane ke dairo ko fir kabhi laangh na saki."

 Ajnabi,

Us shaam jab tumne meri or dekha to yun laga jaise 

sard me sunehri dhoop sehar ko haule se chu rahi ho; 

aur mai is taraf guruub-e-aftaab si aahiste aahiste tumme doobte gyi. 

Zindagi ke musalsal jadd-o-jahad me,

ek pal aisa laga ke koi kachhi neend me

mere maathe pe haath sehla raha ho.

Khair tumhe der ho rhi thi aur jab tak

mai bag se phool nikal kar ye kehti;

ke tumhare wapis aane ka intezaar karungi ,

tab tak tum jaa chuke the.

-Tumhari apni lekhika