ehsas ka wasil-e-izhaar hai ghazal
aaina-dar-e-nudrat-e-afkar hai ghazal

urdu adab ko jis pe hamesha rahega naz
izhaar-e-fikr-o-fan ka wo mear hai ghazal

guldasta-e-adab ka gul-e-sar-sabd hai ye
hain jis mein gul-ezar wo gulzar hai ghazal

aati hai jis wasile se dil se zaban par
khwabida hasraton ka wo izhaar hai ghazal

urdu zaban dil hai ghazal us ki jaan hai
nau-e-bashar ki munis-o-gham-khwar hai ghazal

pahle hadis-e-dilbari kahte the is ko log
ab tarjuman-e-kucha-o-bazar hai ghazal

pesh-e-nazar agar ho 'wali'-dakkani ka tarz
mashshata-e-arus-e-trahdar hai ghazal

hai 'mir' o 'zauq' o 'ghaalib' o 'momin' ko jo aziz
wo dil-nawaz jalwa-gah-e-yar hai ghazal

'barqi' ke fikr-o-fan ka muraqqa isi mein hai
'barq'-azmi se matla-e-anwar hai ghazal