ye bahaar wo hai jahan rahi asar-e-khizan se bari rahi jo salib-o-dar mein dhal gai wahi chob-e-khushk hari rahi mili jab kabhi khabar-e-jahan to jahan se be-khabari rahi kisi aur se nahin kuchh gila khajil apni dida-wari rahi wahi ek kharabi-e-be-karan jo tere jahan ka nasib hai isi rust-o-khez se aaj tak mere dil mein be-khatari rahi meri zindagi ki urus-e-nau tujhe is ki koi khabar bhi hai wo thi kis ki surkhi-e-khun-e-dil teri mang mein jo bhari rahi koi qarya koi dayar ho kahin hum akele nahin rahe teri justuju mein jahan gae wahin sath dar-badari rahi wahi aag apna nasib thi ki tamam umr jala kiye jo lagai thi kabhi ishq ne wahi aag dil mein bhari rahi wahi ek sadaqat-e-harf thi khili phul ban ke jo aag mein wahi ek dalil-e-hayat thi jo gawah-e-ba-khabari rahi na asar fusun koi kar saka na wo mere dil mein utar saka koi aks hi na ubhar saka raha shisha aur na pari rahi main halak-e-lazzat-e-guftugu hi sahi magar ise kya karun jo faraaz-e-dar se ki gai wahi ek baat khari rahi hunar aaj 'ishqi'-e-be-nawa ka khajil hai ruh-e-'siraj' se wahi ek khalish jo mata-e-fan thi subut-e-be-hunari rahi