gumbad-e-madfan hai ya hai aasman baala-e-sar
ye makin rakhte hain sab apne makan baala-e-sar

yun liye hon hashr mein bar-e-garan baala-e-sar
dosh par khum hai gunah ki gathriyan baala-e-sar

chhoti si kashti bana hai aasman baala-e-sar
sail-e-ashk is tarah chashm-e-khun-fishan baala-e-sar

zer-e-masjid mai-kada main mai-kade mein mast-e-khwab
chaunk utha jab di moazzin ne azan baala-e-sar

hum hain soe saya-e-gul mein nahin itna khayal
ai anadil is tarah shor-e-fughan baala-e-sar

nakhl-e-gul ki tarah diwanon se bhi manus hain
lete hain bulbul jagah ai baghban baala-e-sar

ye nirali teri khilqat shama us par husn bhi
hum ne dekhi ek teri hi zaban baala-e-sar

khush kiya yun bagh mein la kar mujhe sayyaad ne
shakh ke niche qafas hai aashiyan baala-e-sar

bechte phirte hain mai hum is tarah raste gali
ja-e-khum chhoti si hai mai ki dukan baala-e-sar

rahm kar malik ki main do do farishte bhi lade
aur phir isyan ka bhi bar-e-garan baala-e-sar

pichhe pichhe karwan ke hum thake-mande hain yun
panw mein chhaale hain gard-e-karwan baala-e-sar

panw ke niche se nikli jati hai yarab zamin
kha rahe hain chakkar itne aasman baala-e-sar

main wo hun mahshar ke pyason ko pilaun tau sahi
hauz-e-kausar hoga ai pir-e-mughan baala-e-sar

aatish-e-rang-e-hina-o-zulf-e-pechan dekhiye
aag talwon mein lagi nikla dhuan baala-e-sar

lene jata hai haram se kya kahin tum ko 'riyaz'
taq par rakkhi hai botal mehrban baala-e-sar