har ghazal har sher apna istiara-ashna
fasl-e-gul mein jaise shakh-e-gul sharara-ashna

khun thuka dil jalaya naqd-e-jaan qurban ki
shahr-e-fan mein main raha kitna khasara-ashna

kah gaya apni nazar se an-kahe qisse bhi wo
bazm-e-harf-o-saut mein jo tha ishaara-ashna

apne tute shahparon ke nauhagar to the bahut
dasht-e-fan mein tha na koi sang-e-khara-ashna

umr bhar biphri hui maujon se jo ladta raha
wo samundar to azal se tha kinara-ashna