shairi baat nahin garm-e-sukhan hone ki
shart hi aur hai shaista-e-fan hone ki

main ki har-dam mujhe baalidgi-e-ruh ki fikr
ruh ko fikr hai warasta-e-tan hone ki

ram-ba-ram silsila-e-mauj-e-ghazalan-e-khayal
dasht-e-ghurbat ko bashaarat ho watan hone ki

partaw-e-rang se gulgun hua mamura-e-chashm
dhum hai ku-e-tamasha ke chaman hone ki

haq-parasti ko yahan kaun hai aamada-e-dar
kis ko taufiq hai be-gor-o-kafan hone ki

ya bachega na sahar tak koi darmanda-e-shab
ya sahar hi nahin khakam-ba-dahan hone ki

dard ki sal-girah khair se guzre 'gauhar'
aa gai raat wahi chand-gahan hone ki