mana ki tu sawar hai aur main piyaada hun
mujh se hazar na kar ki shanasa-e-jada hun

baatin mein sakht kafir-o-pur-pech o tah-ba-tah
zahir mein ek ham-safar-e-sahal-o-sada hun

ek shahr-e-zar-nigar hai aqlim-e-sharq mein
us shahr-e-zar-nigar ka main shahzada hun

wa hain daricha-ha-e-khirad meri ruh par
kis ne kaha kharab-e-kharabaat-o-baada hun

ai khizr! qutb-e-waqt ki ta-chand justuju
mera murid ho ki qawi-ul-irada hon

main ham-rah-e-shamim na udta saba ke sath?
uftad to yahi hai ki barg-e-fatada hun

tir-afganon ki saf hai udhar aur main idhar
sina-sipar 'rais' ba-qalb-e-kushada hun