karte hain wahi log jahan taza-tar aabaad
har daur mein rakhte hain jo sina sharer-abaad

pur-shor gulistan hain na ab dasht-o-dar aabaad
kya jaane kahan ho gae ahl-e-nazar aabaad

thahraw kisi shai ke muqaddar mein nahin hai
duniya hai wo jada jise kahiye safar-abaad

khwabon ke sanam-khane salamat hain to yunhi
fitnon se rahega kham-e-zulf-o-kamar aabaad

hamsaegi-o-rabt ki khushbu bhi kahin hai
karti hain bahaaren to nagar par nagar aabaad

naghmon se jahan raushni-e-dard thi kal tak
sannate se hai aaj wo shakh-e-shajar aabaad

'kausar' hai sukhan-tab mera shahr-e-takhayyul
is shahr mein hain aaj bhi aaina-gar aabaad