na chhed shair rabab-e-rangin ye bazm abhi nukta-dan nahin hai teri nawa-sanjiyon ke shayan faza-e-hindostan nahin hai teri samaat nigar-e-fitrat ke lahn ki raaz-dan nahin hai wagarna zarra hai kaun aisa ki jis ke munh mein zaban nahin hai agarche pamal hain ye bahren magar sukhan hai buland hamdam na dil mein lana guman-e-pasti meri zamin aasman nahin hai zamir-e-fitrat mein pur-fishan hai chaman ki tartib-e-nau ka arman khizan jise to samajh raha hai wo dar-haqiqat khizan nahin hai harim-e-anwar-e-sarmadi hai har ek zarra ba-rabb-e-kaba mera ye aini mushaheda hai fareb-e-wahm-o-guman nahin hai har ek kante pe surkh kirnen har ek kali mein charagh raushan khayal mein muskurane wale tera tabassum kahan nahin hai falak se hangam-e-sher-goi sadaen paiham ye aa rahi hain ki aaj ai 'josh' nukta-parwar tera sa jadu bayan nahin hai