yahi safar ki tamanna yahi thakan ki pukar
khade hue hain bahut dur tak ghane ashjar

nahin ye fikr ki sar phodne kahan jaen
bahut buland hai apne wajud ki diwar

daraaz-qad ba-ada-e-khiram kya kahna
tamam ahl-e-jahan ke liye hai dars-e-waqar

ye daur wo hai ki sab nim-jaan nazar aae
ki raqs mein hai anadi ke hath mein talwar

badalti rut hai rag-e-sabza mein numu kam kam
kali kali pe tera nam likh rahi hai bahaar

shikasta but hain jabin zakhm zakhm but-gar ki
sirhane tesha ke larzida hai koi jhankar

dikhai de to wo bas khwab mein dikhai de
mera ye haal ki main muddaton se hun bedar

wo log jo tujhe har roz dekhte honge
unhen khabar nahin kya shai hai hasrat-e-didar

ze-farq-ta-ba-qadam rup-rang ki jhankar
tamam mehr-o-mohabbat tamam bos-o-kanar

tarah tarah se koi nam 'shaz' likhta tha
hatheliyon pe hinai huruf the gul-kar