usi ki nur-afshani zamin se aasman tak hai
nigahbani jahan ki us haqiqi pasban tak hai

tarasti hain nigahen sabz gumbad ke nazare ko
rasai bad-nasibon ki kahan us aastan tak hai

qalam ki tez-raftari zaban ki garm-guftari
nasihat mein asar hona kalam-e-khush-bayan tak hai

chaman mein jab khizan aai na gul hai aur na bulbul hai
nawa-e-bulbul-e-shaida bahaar-e-bostan tak hai

agar wo dost sadiq hai to shikwa sun nahin sakta
himayat shikwa beja ki kisi na-mehrban tak hai

maza kya aise jine mein na jab tab-o-tawan baqi
daraazi umr ki goya fuzul-e-dastan tak hai

musibat aur rahat hain rafiq-e-zindagi 'kubra'
rihai in rafiqon se nahin umr-e-rawan tak hai