main ba-wafa hi raha rah ke be-wafaon mein
gul-e-bahaar ki surat khila khizaon mein

bhari bahaar mein dekhe jo phul jalte hue
ruke na ashkon ke dariya meri ghataon mein

hamare hathon se jab waqt ki girah na khuli
to log samjhe ki hum khush hain ibtilaon mein

tere huzur rahi qahqahon pe pabandi
raha hai khauf bhi raqsan meri sadaon mein

karo na sari mukaddar faza jahan walo
mere bhi hisse ki sansen hain in hawaon mein

khulus ki na chali ek bhi yahan 'ashraf'
ganwaya waqt abas hum ne iltijaon mein