mohabbat ghazal hai ibaadat ghazal hai
ghazal marifat hai shariat ghazal hai

ghina ziraki aur latafat ghazal hai
qasam le lo kasrat mein wahdat ghazal hai

takhayyul tasawwur tashaboh tawazun
is arba ki yakjai surat ghazal

har ek band har masnawi tul qamat
ghazal arz o jauhar hai qimat ghazal hai

khudi ko liye be-khudi ko sambhaale
itaat ghazal hai baghawat ghazal hai

ghazal gardish o mehwar o daera hai
ghazal fard-e-wahid hai millat ghazal hai

baham tanz o tausif o shukr o shikayat
fasahat ghazal hai balaghat ghazal hai

harifon se ye qaul-e-'diwana' kah do
ghazal hai jo hasrat to hasrat ghazal hai