dahan-e-mehman mein kante
pahlu-e-mezban mein kante

khun thukega jo bhi khaega
aap ke khas-dan mein kante

khub-ruon ka kya bharosa hai
aan mein phul aan mein kante

gul-e-rukhsar ki hifazat ko
us ne latkae kan mein kante

chubh rahe hain mere khayalon ko
bagh-e-jannat-nishan mein kante

muskuraati khamoshiyan us ki
mere tarz-e-bayan mein kante

hasraten aur ijz-goyai
dil mein kante zaban mein kante

ret mein rul ke chal gae jauhar
jauhari ki dukan mein kante

rakshas ban gae maha-jogi
gyan mein aur dhyan mein kante

kabhi hoti thi ediyon mein khalish
ab to hain jism-o-jaan mein kante

kitna mushkil hua hai rizq-e-halal
shorbe aur nan mein kante

chunne wala koi nahin 'sayyad'
aur bhare hain jahan mein kante