wah kis rang pe hai rang-e-bahaar-e-ariz
bagh-e-firdaus ka har phul nisar-e-ariz

lailatul-qadr hai ai mah tera khatt-e-siyah
subh yaum-ul-'arafa nur-e-dayar-e-ariz

sahar-e-id ka aaina sawad is ka hai
hai chamakti hui iqlim dayar-e-ariz

hai nazar khira ye hai khatt-e-siyah ka jalwa
din se badh kar hai farogh-e-shab-e-tar-e-ariz

ho chala barwar ab nakhl-e-jawani un ka
chashm-e-bad dur hai aaghaz-e-bahaar-e-ariz

mahr se badh ke hai zarre ki chamak us rukh par
falak-ul-'arsh hai ya hai ye ghubar-e-ariz

huren mashshata hain har haft ki khidmat hai unhen
mah aaina hai mehr aaina-dar-e-ariz

nur-e-rukh sabzi-e-khat pesh-e-nazar hain donon
meri aankhon mein hai ye lail-o-nahaar-e-ariz

ai gul-andam tere husn ki rangat hai kuchh aur
phul bhi sadqe hain bulbul bhi nisar-e-ariz

aaina samne hai mahw-e-tamasha hain wo
dekhte hain meri aankhon se bahaar-e-ariz

zulfen rukh par tere bal karti hain zeba hai unhen
un ki jagir mein likkha hai dayar-e-ariz

rang halka sa gulabi hai phir us par khat-e-sabz
qabil-e-did hai 'akbar' ye bahaar-e-ariz