kiye hain mujh pe jo ehsan jata nahin sakta
wo shakhs to mera dil bhi dikha nahin sakta

chhupa hua hun tah-e-sang ek muddat se
hawa ka jhonka meri samt aa nahin sakta

pare hai aaj bhi wo sarhad-e-tasawwur se
main us ko puj to sakta hun pa nahin sakta

dikha raha hai wahi mauj mauj aks mujhe
wo tera aks jise main bana nahin sakta

main ek naghma-e-sada-mizaj hun 'asif'
qaba-e-saz mein khud ko chhupa nahin sakta