kashtiyon ke khilkhilate baadbanon ki tarah
raat bhar ugte hain chehre gum khazanon ki tarah

ho na hir-phir sair-e-gul ko ja rahi hai fakhta
phir hawa chalne lagi hai naujawanon ki tarah

barha jo mujh se takraati hai meri gunj hai
main bhi khush-abaad hun khali makanon ki tarah

jama hai kuze sa mujh mein umr bhar ka shor-o-ghul
lag rahe hain zehn-o-dil naqqar-khanon ki tarah

mujh ko sipi sa dhake rahta hai mitti par falak
hashr mein niklun kahin moti ke danon ki tarah

zafran-e-fan banega wirsa-e-urdu mera
main ne bhi alfaz boe hain kisanon ki tarah