main baat kaun se pairaya-e-bayan mein karun
jo sochta hun use kis zaban mein likhun

katar diye hain zamane ne pankh khwabon ke
bhara hai saghar-e-hasrat mein aarzuon ka khun

nahin hai kushta-e-khuban ka khun-baha koi
ai ahl-e-shauq na khao fareb harf-e-fusun

kabhi hai chand ka haala naqab-e-lala kabhi
anile rang dikhati hai zulf-e-ghaaliya-gun

zamam-e-rahila-e-dil khirad ke hath mein do
ki marti hai hawas is nawah mein shab-khun

ab is ko khana-kharabi kaho ki mamuri
zamin mein sath khazane ke dhans gaya qarun

banu-tamim ho tum main salama-bin-jindal
bila-jawaz tumhaari sana main kaise karun

parindgan-e-bayaban karen wasila jise
main us amin ke khirman ke khosha-chinon mein hun

shahid-e-ilm bhi hun zinda-e-mohabbat bhi
ba-faiz-e-zauq-e-salim-o-tabiat-e-mauzun

sharik-e-zumra-e-mehnat-kashan hai shair bhi
baha-e-sad-nafas-e-khun-chakan hai ek mazmun

anadi-pan na kaho meri sada-lauhi ko
hun nau-niyaz magar kuhna-mashq-e-jazb-o-junun

bala-e-jabr bhi hai pa-e-ikhtiyar bhi hai
qusur-war hun main ya sada-e-kun-fayakun

dara-e-farra-e-farhang dekho rang-e-sukhan
abul-kalam nahin main abul-maani hun