har chand rahguzar thi dushwar qafiye ki
sun kar na rah sake hum lalkar qafiye ki

din ka sukun ghaarat raaton ki nind ghaeb
sar par latak rahi hai talwar qafiye ki

hum is ko bandhte kya jakda hai is ne hum ko
ab dekhte hain surat na-chaar qafiye ki

is aas par ki shayad ho jae tang hum par
karte rahe khushamad aghyar qafiye ki

taza hawa chali aur ek lahar dil mein utthi
roke na ruk saki phir yalghaar qafiye ki

paya suragh-e-mazmun gahe radif mein bhi
lazim na thi samajat har bar qafiye ki

dasht-e-khayal mein phir kya kya khule manazir
kuchh der ko hati thi diwar qafiye ki

jab sher ka safina bahr-e-ghazal mein dola
us waqt kaam aai patwar qafiye ki

maghrib ki ho kahani ya mashriqi riwayat
unchi rahi hamesha dastar qafiye ki

kuchh sher kaam ke bhi is mein nikale hum ne
wo kahte the zamin hai be-kar qafiye ki

phir aur koi naghma bhae na us ko 'basir'
jo ek bar sun le jhankar qafiye ki