fasl-e-bahaar aai ghunche khile chaman mein
bichhde hue musafir phir aa gae watan mein

ghir kar sahab aaya jam-e-sharab laya
le kar rabab aaya mutrib bhi anjuman mein

baad-e-sahar khiraman har shakh-e-gul badaman
baham hain ahd-o-paiman nasrin-o-nastaran mein

har ghuncha tera shaida har gul mein tu hai paida
hai teri bu huwaida har barg-e-yasman mein

rindon ko hosh tera maston ko josh tera
har-su kharosh tera sahra mein aur chaman mein

un ko jafa ki aadat apni wafa ki khaslat
wo chaq apne fan mein hum taq apne fan mein

manzar sukut-e-gham ka sahra mein ja ke dekho
ghunchon ki muskurahat bekar hai chaman mein

har zarre ke labon par hai ek sada-e-masti
mina-ba-dosh koi aata hai anjuman mein

kyon aarzuen lae kyon ranj-o-gham uthae
hum kyon watan mein aae jab kuchh nahin watan mein

aazad thi to us ki parwaz arsh par thi
ruh-e-rawan muqayyad kyon ho gai badan mein

roz-e-azal se hum ko nafrat hai iltija se
matlab ki baat aakar rah jati hai dahan mein

'masud' hai ye afzal ho midhat-e-mohammad
jab tak zaban teri qaem rahe dahan mein