to aap apni zabani sunaen bismillah
asir apni kahani sunaen bismillah

'asir' aap ki kis tarah ki jawani thi
thi kaisi us ki jawani sunaen bismillah

dahan se bu-e-chaman aati hai to aane den
gulon ki shola-bayani sunaen bismillah

rabab nazm hai ya phir maani-e-ulfat
wo nazm phir ba-ma'ani sunaen bismillah

purane zakhmon ko taza karen ki hum ko ghazal
nai ke ba'd purani sunaen bismillah

khayal-e-hijr se jis ko thi be-panah taklif
kyon us ne hijr ki thani sunaen bismillah

sawal-e-ishq-o-junun par zaban se aap apni
jawab-e-husn-o-jawani sunaen bismillah

tamam umr jo nazil hue hain aap pe wo
sahifa-ha-e-girani sunaen bismillah

labon ko pyas ke kanon pe rakh den aur padh kar
kitab-e-tishna-dahani sunaen bismillah

ruki hain misra-e-ula pe dhadkanen sab ki
'asir' misra-e-sani sani sunaen allah