ai mere shair-e-qad-awar-e-shirin-guftar
lab-e-afkar ko bakhsha hai tabassum tu ne

dil ki khamosh umangon ko zaban bakhshi hai
ruh-e-afsurda ko bakhsha hai tarannum tu ne

tere sine mein jo tha shoala-e-afkar nihan
nakhl-e-baatil ki har ek shakh jala di us ne

purabi saz pe jo tu ne tarana chheda
bazm-e-maghrib mein bhi ek aag laga di us ne

hai ye taslim gurudew watan mein tere
zindagi khak-basar aaj nazar aati hai

jis taraf dekhiye hai tira-dili ka manzar
raushni shahr-badar aaj nazar aati hai

qaul tera ye mujhe yaad hai 'tagore' magar
tirgi lakh badhe us ka hai anjam sahar