kyun malamat ka hadaf gardish-e-paimana bane
laghzish-e-pa se meri kaba-o-but-khana bane

aql ke bas ki nahin bakhiya-giri phulon ki
dard jis ko ho gulistan ka wo diwana bane

lab-e-hikmat se shab-o-roz ujale tapke
tira-zehni ka magar ye bhi mudawa na bane

be-sabab shauq nahin mail-e-afsana-gari
har haqiqat ki ye khwahish hai ki afsana bane

rukh-e-jaanan ke tasawwur hi mein raaten guzrin
chand-tare dil-e-mahjur ki duniya na bane

aashna fasl-e-bahaaran hi nahin hai shayad
kya kahin phul ki kyun sabza-e-begana bane

main to hun sham-sifat-soz sarapa 'shibli'
jis ko jalna nahin aata ho wo parwana bane