sukhan fareb koi mehrban ki tarah
dayar-e-husn hai duniya ki dastan ki tarah

ye muskuraati hui subd-o-sham-o-shab ki dulhan
dil-o-nazar ke liye sud-e-be-ziyan ki tarah

ye imtizaj-o-zar-e-shirq-o-gharb ka culture
nigah-e-husn liye ishq aashiqan ki tarah

harir-o-resham-o-diba mein rang-e-naz-o-ada
sukun-e-dil ke liye hain qarar-e-jaan ki tarah

ye rang rang ke unwan liye hasin chehre
sanam-kadon mein takhayyul ke hain butan ki tarah

sudaul jism ki sard-e-rawan sar-e-rahe
chale hain naz se huran-e-asman ki tarah

ye lahki mahki fazaen ye dil-ruba paikar
gulon ke rang mein dube hue jahan ki tarah

ye rabt-o-raqs-o-tarannum hawa ki lahron mein
qadam qadam pe ada-ha-e-mah-wishan ki tarah

ye jagmagati hui raat ye dahakte kanwal
nujum-o-mah-o-surayya-o-kahkashan ki tarah

ye mere khwabon-khayalon ki apsara jis mein
nigah-e-fikr-o-amal tir ki kaman ki tarah

magar watan bhi chhuta 'daur' dil ki dil mein rahi
ye bambai bhi na ho khwab-e-digaran ki tarah