pahlu-e-shah mein ye dukhtar-e-jamhur ki qabr
kitne gum-gashta fasanon ka pata deti hai

kitne khun-rez haqaeq se uthati hai naqab
kitni kuchli hui jaanon ka pata deti hai

kaise maghrur shahanshahon ki taskin ke liye
sal-ha-sal hasinaon ke bazar lage

kaise bahki hui nazron ke tayyush ke liye
surkh mahlon mein jawan jismon ke ambar lage

kaise har shakh se munh-band mahakti kaliyan
noch li jati thin tazin-e-haram ki khatir

aur murjha ke bhi aazad na ho sakti thin
zill-e-subhan ki ulfat ke bharam ki khatir

kaise ek fard ke honton ki zara si jumbish
sard kar sakti thi be-laus wafaon ke charagh

lut sakti thi damakte hue hathon ka suhag
tod sakti thi mai-e-ishq se labrez ayagh

sahmi sahmi si fazaon mein ye viran marqad
itna khamosh hai fariyaad-kunan ho jaise

sard shakhon mein hawa chikh rahi hai aaise
ruh-e-taqdis-o-wafa marsiyan-khwan ho jaise

tu meri jaan mujhe hairat o hasrat se na dekh
hum mein koi bhi jahan-nur o jahan-gir nahin

tu mujhe chhod ke thukra ke bhi ja sakti hai
tere hathon mein mere hath hain zanjir nahin