aati hai bar bar yahi baat dhyan mein
jaane wo kis ke sath mein hoga jahan mein

tum jis ada se hath jhatak kar hue juda
kangan tumhaara aaj bhi bajta hai kan mein

jaise sadaen de ke uthati ho wo mujhe
aawaz teri ab bhi hai mere makan mein

pankhe se latka hun kabhi patri pai hun pada
aata hai roz-o-shab mere kya kya dhiyan mein

sahra-naward hum bhi the kis darja hijr mein
hain baad-e-wasl-e-yar bhi ab tak thakan mein

har imtihan se qabl ye jazba bana raha
awwal to hum hi aaenge is imtihan mein

karna muaf khami zaban-o-bayan ki
shair hun pahla urdu ka main khandan mein