hai mera tar-e-nafas tar-e-qafas
rishte barpa hon giraftar-e-qafas

murgh-e-dil ko zabh ai sayyaad kar
aur tair hain sazawar-e-qafas

shauq bulbul ko asiri ka jo ho
ho zar-e-gul se kharidar-e-qafas

kyun na main rangin-bayan hun qaid-e-ranj
murgh-e-khush-khwan hai sazawar-e-qafas

zindagi se qaid mein bhi hun subuk
gah bar-e-dam gah bar-e-qafas

mujh sa bulbul qaid ho kar chhut jae
so gae kya bakht-e-bedar-e-qafas

chashm-e-alam mein asir-e-dam hai
ruh hai tan mein sazawar-e-qafas

phand kar aaya tha diwar-e-chaman
phand jaun kyun ki diwar-e-qafas

kya hai dagh-e-khun-e-bulbul ki bahaar
dekh ai sayyaad gulzar-e-qafas

kab kisi bulbul ko milta hai gulab
khun-e-dil pita hai bimar-e-qafas

zabh karne ko utara nakhl se
sar mera tha pa-e-raftar-e-qafas

puchhta hai kya dil-e-bulbul ka haal
dekh zalim jism-afgar-e-qafas

ashk ko hai dam-e-gesu ki talash
tifl hota hai kharidar-e-qafas

ta-ba-kai hoga asir-e-dam-e-fikr
'arsh' kar mauquf ashaar-e-qafas