kahan se gai baat meri kahan ko
yun kahiye zaban de raha hun zaban ko

chala hun ki phir kuchh naya man paun
hisar-e-yaqin dah ke dasht-e-guman ko

wajud istiara hai nazm-e-jahan mein
hai matlub adam shair-e-la-makan ko

hai saya giraftar-e-panja-e-khurshid
salasil hain hum to khudi ayan ko

hawa azal ki girah khulne ko thi
udi nakhun-e-shama-e-hasti kahan ko

utha dast-e-atish-zada sa zamin se
dhuan shahr-e-dehli ka phir aasman ko

faqat mera aks-e-tasawwur hai ye sher
kabhi dekh is aaina-e-be-nishan ko

dil-e-ghaflat-o-agahi hun so chup hun
na puchh is gham-e-sabr-o-zabt-e-imtihan ko

sadaf-gard khwab-e-muhit-e-rawan khwab
guhar-khwab khwabida chashm-e-nihan ko