nazar ne kaam kiya dil ke tarjuman ki tarah
nigahen kah gai sab haal-e-dil zaban ki tarah

kiye the be-khudi-e-shauq mein jahan sajde
wahi zamin nazar aati hai aasman ki tarah

nazar mili hai to pahchan jae ahl-e-chaman
dikhai dete hain gulchin bhi baghban ki tarah

kitab-e-zist ka shiraaza-band koi nahin
bikhar gai hai kisi nazm-e-bostan ki tarah

na barg-o-bar na shadabiyan na ghuncha-o-gul
yahi bahaar agar hai to hai khizan ki tarah

tumhaare shahr mein muddat se ye tamanna hai
dikhai de koi be-mehr mehrban ki tarah

khuda-gawah ki ek umr ka asasa hai
na kyun aziz rakhun ilm-o-fan ko jaan ki tarah

kise bataen ki the hum bhi ham-nashin ai 'saif'
wo 'taj' bhul gae yaad-e-raftagan ki tarah