bandish-e-alfaz hi se shairi hoti nahin
sirf ji lene se jaise zindagi hoti nahin

shairi kaifiyyat-e-jazb-o-junun ka nam hai
ye na ho to shairi phir shairi hoti nahin

jo bhi ho lekin hamare waste ye shairi
parda-dar-e-raaz-ha-e-zindagi hoti nahin

garmi-e-jazbaat mein imkan hasin dhoke ka hai
dil ki chingari farogh-e-daimi hoti nahin

pak hota hai junun-o-justuju se raazdan
raaz-dani be-niyaz-e-agahi hoti nahin

mukhtalif ek dusre se hain haqiqat aur majaz
kucha-e-mahbub kaba ki gali hoti nahin