jo baat achchhi nahin lagti usulan
use hum chhod dete hain yaqinan

nikalo dudh ki nahren yaqinan
magar milti hai shirin ittifaqan

zaban luknat-zada bad-niyyaton ki
hum apni baat kah dete hain fauran

dilon ke beach ek diwar si hai
milen bhi hum to ab milte hain rasman

badan us ka hai khushbu chand naghma
tabhi to hum jhuke hain ehtiraman

ye mat samjho hai rassi dur mujh se
kabhi hum dhil de dete hain qasdan

yahi ab sher ka mear thahra
rawayya khurdura tha ehtijajan

raqibon se tumhein milna hai 'asim'
niyam-o-tegh rakh lo ehtiyatan