sher || couplet :





~ taras gaye qafas-e-lab se yun riha hoone 
na raazdan mile lafzon ko aashna hoone

~  badhaae qadam tumne raah-e-junoo.n par
ke taa-umr shikwa gila kijiyega

~   baat karne aata hai na likhne aata hai hame
haan ravaani aagayi par bad-kalaami ab rahi

~  shoq ki tere intehaa hun mai
tujh me jaane kaha kaha hun mai