tu jahan hai wahan sanbhalta hai
warna ye dil kahan sanbhalta hai

panw dharta hun farsh-e-imkan par
aage sayyargan sanbhalta hai

kaun hai zer-e-dam saf-ara
nok-e-mizhgan jo yan sanbhalta hai

hijr aata hai to charaghon mein
ashk sa ek dhuan sanbhalta hai

tab khushi bhi kahan sanbhalti thi
ab ye gham bhi kahan sanbhalta hai

wo ghazal mein agar mukhatab ho
hum sa ek madh-khwan sanbhalta hai

wo sitara 'nafis' banhon ko
jaan kar aasman sanbhalta hai