ai dil-e-zar likho jaanib-e-jaanan kaghaz
haal ka likhte hain fuqara su-e-sultan kaghaz

marja-e-gabr-o-musalman hai wo but nam-e-khuda
bhejte hain use hindu o musalman kaghaz

un ka mazmun bhi albatta huwaida hoga
ab jo aane lage us shokh ko pinhan kaghaz

haif hai subh-e-watan se na hua warid-e-waqt
hech gahe ba-sar-e-sham-e-ghariban kaghaz

kisi ka bhi na jawab aaya hamein ghurbat mein
lakh hum likhe watan ko su-e-yaran kaghaz

wasf afshan ka hai kis sim-badan ke likhna
kaghzi hum ko hai darkar zar-afshan kaghaz

is qadar hum ne giran kar diye likh likh ke kise
warna kis martaba the shahr mein arzan kaghaz

likhte hum to khat-e-mahbub ko har dam nau-khat
likhne dete jo hamein dida-e-giryan kaghaz

mujh se diwane ko kya khat wo pari-zad likhe
likhte albatta hain insan su-e-insan kaghaz

bhejta hun main kisi rashk-e-gulistan ki taraf
mera pahunchae magar murgh-e-gulistan kaghaz

bhejta hun main kisi sani-e-bilqis ke saub
mera le jae magar murgh-e-sulaiman kaghaz

kya magar bhul gae bais-e-jamiyyat-e-khwesh
hum ko bheje na adam se jo azizan kaghaz

kahte hain nisf mulaqat hai maktub bhi yar
kabhi likkho to su-e-matam-e-nalan kaghaz