bagh-e-adan ke khilte gulabon ke sath tha
main ek hasin jism ke khwabon ke sath tha

mahrumiyon ka faiz azabon ke sath tha
ye silsila ghamon ki kitabon ke sath tha

main sun raha tha apni sadaon ki bazgasht
lekin dimagh fan ke rababon ke sath tha

har bund garche apne lahu ki hui safed
pani zara sa phir bhi sarabon ke sath tha

the hadson ke shahr mein sab us ke mo'taqid
wo jo hamesha khana-kharabon ke sath tha

shohrat ka har gulab hua gharq-e-ab jab
'jami' tera wajud hababon ke sath tha