suni suni si hai har bazm-e-sukhan tere baad
khatm hai silsila-e-azmat-e-fan tere baad

apne afkar se urdu ko nawaza tu ne
kis ko urdu se hai ab itni lagan tere baad

kabhi 'ghaalib' to kabhi 'mir' ke andaz mein sher
hai mayassar kise ye tarz-e-sukhan tere baad

bahr-e-takhil mein agli si rawani wo kahan
maujzan ab bhi hain go gang-o-jaman tere baad

mahfil-e-sher-o-adab mein wo kahan josh-o-kharosh
sard hai garmi-e-bazar-e-sukhan tere baad

kis se paenge sawalon ka sukun-bakhsh jawab
dil ko mahsus si hoti hai ghutan tere baad

koi suljha na saka zulf-e-adab baad tere
pad gai gesu-e-urdu mein shikan tere baad

tera har sher naya tera har uslub jadid
kaun todega riwayat-e-kuhan tere baad

ilm-o-fan mein tera sani koi maujud nahin
naz kis par karen ab ahl-e-watan tere baad

jaan dene ke liye apni ba-nam-e-urdu
kaun pahunchega sar-e-dar-o-rasan tere baad

kaun rakkhega yahan mai-kada-e-sher ki laj
dekhna hai hamein rindon ka chalan tere baad

kya guzarti hai khabar hai tujhe ai ruh-e-'firaq'
dil-e-'jauhar' pe sar-e-bazm-e-sukhan tere baad