la-intiha jahan-e-mujassam se bhi siwa
la-muntaha zamanon mein rahte hue ye abad

qarnon se rengti hui taqwim-e-kaenat
aab-o-gil-o-shuur sar-e-do-jahan adam

la-falsafa nihayat-e-fahm-e-payambari
zauq-e-numu ki hath mein rekhaen dam-ba-dam

kya jaaniye ki kitne baras ka hai ye charagh
tahzib-e-sokhta hai ayagh-e-huruf mein

fikr o khirad ki bahr o talatum mein kashtiyan
ubhrin kahin to rizq-e-samundar kahin huin

is ehtimam-e-khwab-e-tahayyur mein main nazhad
tanha khada hun apni numaish ke waste

main bhid ke nawah mein madum aadmi