hai ab tak sehr sa chhaya teri jadu-nawai ka dil-e-urdu pe ab tak dagh hai teri judai ka zaban-e-sher se ab bhi teri aawaz sunta hun jo nikla tha teri mizrab se wo saz sunta hun taghazzul ko teri rangin nawaen yaad hain ab tak tere naghmon se dil ki bastiyan aabaad hain ab tak dilon ko ab bhi chamkati hai sham-e-arzu teri lab-e-tahrir par ab tak hai shirin guftugu teri tere jazbaat mein ab tak sadaqat jagmagati hai teri guftar ki shokhi dilon ko gudgudati hai niyaz-o-naz ki mahfil mein tera nam rahta hai tere maston ke aage ab bhi tera jam rahta hai teri ranginiyon mein sadgi ki shan hoti hai tere afkar ki duniya bhi sheristan hoti thi tere naghme sukun-parwar the arbab-e-mohabbat ke sada be-dagh dekha hai tere daman-e-fitrat chhalakti thin tere dil ki adaen bhi nigahon se bala ka dard hota tha teri khamosh aahon mein tu banda tha mohabbat ka mohabbat thi tere dil mein samundar maujzan rahta tha is chhote se sahil mein tere lab par wahi aata tha jo har dil mein hota tha wo ban jata tha shair jo teri mahfil mein hota tha fasih-ul-mulk tha jaan-e-fasahat teri baaten thin qayamat jis pe dam de wo qayamat teri baaten thin teri guftar mein hum ne mazaq-e-zindagi dekha tere sazon mein dil ke soz ka mafhum tha goya teri hasti ko raaz-e-do-jahan malum tha goya farishton ka taqaddus tha tere husn-e-takallum mein tere aansu mein soz-e-dil tha ya shoala tha shabnam mein zaban ko hur-o-ghilman ne teri kausar se dhoya tha khuda ne bahr-e-ulfat mein teri ulfat ko khoya tha anadil bhi badhe teri taraf daman ko phailae mohabbat ki zaban se tu ne jis dam phul barsae faza ko kar diya rangin apni naghma-khwani se gulon mein phunk di ruh-e-tabassum gul-fishani se tere naghme bahe jab nikhat-e-gul ke safine mein to lale ne bithaya la ke tujh ko apne sine mein har ek dard-ashna dil mein rakha tujh ko mohabbat ne bithaya chand ke mathe pe tujh ko dast-e-qudrat ne zamin-e-sher ne paya tha auj-e-asman tujh se zaban ka lutf tha ai bulbul-e-hindustan tujh se payambar tha sukhan ka to tere naghmon pe jumenge hum apne dida-e-dil se teri turbat ko chumenge rahenge hashr tak baqi tere naghme nahin fani baja hai tujh ko kahte hain jo hum tilmiz-e-rahmani tere jazbaat ke pur-kaif sailabon mein bahte hain haqiqat-ashna tujh ko jahan-ustad kahte hain jahan-e-arzu mein ab bhi haal-o-qal tera hai sukhan ki mumlikat mein aaj tak iqbaal tera hai sukhan-fahmon ke dil mein ab bhi teri yaad baqi hai ghazal ke mai-kada jab tak hai qaem tu hi saqi hai dakan mein zauq tha zauq-e-sukhan mahbub tha tujh ko hamein malum hai mulk-e-dakan mahbub tha tujh ko dakan ko aane wale bas gaya mulk-e-dakan mein tu ki bulbul tha banaya aashiyan apna chaman mein tu qayamat tak na bhulenge tujhe tere watan wale kahin bulbul ke naghme bhul jate hain chaman wale dil-e-betab ke barbat pe naghma dard ka gaya taghazzul se hamari mahfilon ko tu ne garmaya tere ehsan ke gun gaega josh-e-wafa-koshi dakan walon ki fitrat mein nahin ehsan-framoshi kaleja tham kar apna tere ashaar gaenge dakan ki wadiyon mein hum tere naghme basaenge aqidat-afrin gul teri turbat par chadhaenge tere har sher ko hum apni aankhon se lagaenge