sunen bahaar ki rangin-bayaniyan kya kya
kahin tabassum-e-gul ne kahaniyan kya kya

daya jawab na kuchh muskura ke rah gae phul
zaban-e-khar ne kin bad-zabaniyan kya kya

badha na naqa-e-laila baghair nala-e-qais
hunar dikhati rahin sarbaniyan kya kya

mizaj-e-sang na pighla ki tha na soz-e-kalim
asa patakti rahin qahar-maniyan kya kya

zaban-e-aql pe kuchh hai zaban-e-ishq pe kuchh
tere sukut se niklin kahaniyan kya kya

na deta husn agar dil ko ishq ka shoala
khud apni aag mein jaltin jawaniyan kya kya

mizaj-e-ishq ne pakda na e'tibar ka rang
sharik-e-wahm rahin khush-gumaniyan kya kya

jaras bhi chup raha tuti na karwan ki bhi nind
sukut-e-dasht ne kin nauha-khwaniyan kya kya

pukarti hai 'raza' gard-e-karwan lekin
bani hain bar-e-safar sargiraniyan kya kya