pas-e-sukut sukhan ko khabar banaya jae
fasil-e-harf mein mani ka dar banaya jae

hisab-e-sud-o-ziyan ho chuka bahut ab ke
wufur-e-shauq ko arz-e-hunar banaya jae

lagan udan ki dil mein hanuz baqi hai
kate paron hi ko ab shah-par banaya jae

kisi padaw pe pahunchenge jab to sochenge
abhi se kya koi zad-e-safar banaya jae

faraaz-e-dar pe kar ke buland aakhir-e-shab
mere hi sar ko nishan-e-sahar banaya jae

bahut tawil hua silsila raqabat ka
kabhi milo to use mukhtasar banaya jae

qadam qadam pe hai basti mein wahshiyon ka hujum
chalo kahin kisi sahra mein ghar banaya jae

zamir-e-nau-e-bashar kab se ho chuka rukhsat
nae khamir se taza bashar banaya jae

mafar muhaal hai qaid-e-makan se jab 'irfan'
to kyun na phir isi gumbad ko ghar banaya jae