gosha-e-gul hi nahin bagh tha maskan apna
jab se aazad hue ghar hua madfan apna

fikr-o-alam ke sae se bahut dur tha ye
yaad kyunkar na hamein aaega bachpan apna

ye zar-o-mal ye duniya ki tamanna ye hawas
in mein har koi hai ta-hashr hi dushman apna

ghuncha-o-gul mein tabassum hi tabassum dekha
dali dali pe nazar aaya hai bachpan apna

lutf lete hue zakhmi se masiha ne kaha
qabil-e-did hai har zakhm ka joban apna

apne aslaf ke ajdad bhi hain dafn yahan
kyon na ho jaan se pyara hamein gulshan apna

hai yaqin khun shahidon ka hai is mitti mein
tab hi khushbu se bhara phulon ne daman apna

hum bhi aflak-nashinon mein hain shamil 'mukhlis'
kyon na chamkega sitaron ki tarah fan apna