meri nigah bhi mujhe pahchanti nahin
haalanki tere shahr mein main ajnabi nahin

ranjur dhup se hun na hun chandni se khush
daim jahan mein dhup nahin chandni nahin

shadabi-e-chaman ki nishani yahi to hai
wo shakh-e-khushk jo kabhi hoti hari nahin

dharti hile hawaen chalen bijliyan giren
ek shakh hai darakht ko jo chhodti nahin

un se ummid-e-dad-e-ghazal kis liye 'ziya'
ye sha'iri hai aaj ki na-sha'iri nahin