agar arz-e-tamanna ko faqat lutf-e-zaban samjha
to phir ai sunne wale khak meri dastan samjha

na phulon ki hansi dekhi na bulbul ki fughan samjha
chaman ka raaz phir kis munh se kahta hai ki han samjha

ye meri khud-farebi hai ki majburi khuda jaane
main sahra ko chaman samjha qafas ko aashiyan samjha

samae husn-e-gul kya us nigah-e-shoala-parwar mein
ki jis ne barq-e-taban ko charagh-e-ashiyan samjha

bana den phul kanton ko gulon mein bijliyan bhar den
chaman mein dil-jale aise bhi hain ai baghban samjha

yahan ka zarra zarra aasman ki chaal chalta hai
zamin-e-ku-e-jaanan ko dil-e-wahshi kahan samjha

kiya ifsha-e-raaz-e-husn har taswir kahti hai
ghalat samjha 'musawwir' ko jo tum ne raaz-dan samjha