diq tujh se kitaben hain bahut karam kitabi
tu dushman-e-duzdida hai khaki ho ki aabi

alfaz ki kheti hai faqat teri chara-gah
mani ki zamin tere sab sayon ne dabi

hone ko teri asl hai sayyaad makin-gah
kahne ko faqat teri haqiqat hai sarabi

tu ne to har ek samt lagai hain surangen
parina ho farman kitaben hun nisabi

baadami ho kaghaz to maza aur hi kuchh hai
luqma hua tahrir ka har maghz shitabi

ghun sath hi gehun ke hai pista hua dekha
bargashta waraq la na saka tujh pe kharabi

kya khub hai ye majlis-e-auraq-e-kuhan bhi
viran kutub-khanon ki dimak teri loby

firdausi-o-khuldun ki kitaben hain hirasan
wo qila-e-mani tera hamla hai jawabi

parda hai khamoshi teri aahang-e-fana ki
bhaunra hai faqat kunj-e-gulistan ka rababi

tu chat gaya danish-e-kohna ki fasilen
buniyaad-e-imarat ko hai dhana teri hobby

aadad ke qalib mein hai to sifr ki taqat
safhat ke surakh ka be-nam hisabi

tarikh ke is cell mein insan ne pai
ek aadh koi mauj-e-nafs wo bhi hababi

bikte sar-e-bazar hain manind-e-zaghaal aaj
jo taza-nafas khwab-e-taghayyur the shahabi

kha jati hai ek din use sab gard-e-zamana
mitti ki wo sahnak ho ki chini ki rakabi

badli hui duniya mein taghayyur ka amal hai
tu kirm-e-kitabi nahin ek kirm-e-khalal hai