dayar-e-gham se hum bahar nikal ke sher kahte hain
masail hain bahut se un mein dhal ke sher kahte hain

dahakte aag ke shoalon pe chal ke sher kahte hain
hamein pahchan lije hum ghazal ke sher kahte hain

riwayat ke pujari is liye naraaz hain hum se
khata ye hai nae raston pe chal ke sher kahte hain

hamein tanhaiyon ka shor jab bechain karta hai
ikatthi karte hain yaaden ghazal ke sher kahte hain

sitaron ki tarah raushan hain jin ke lafz zehnon mein
wo shayad mom ki surat pighal ke sher kahte hain

hamari shairi us ko kahin ruswa na kar dale
so us ke shahr mein thoda sambhal ke sher kahte