go gulistan-e-jahan par meri nazren kam padin
aur padin bhi to khuda shahid ba-chashm-e-nam padin

kar rahi thi fasl-e-gul jab raaz-e-qudarat aashkar
jab ugalti thi zamin ganjina-ha-e-par-bahaar

khun ke aansu bhare the dida-e-namnak mein
mukhtalif shaklen thin gham ki chehra-e-ghamnak mein

fitratan dil mein na tha mere kabhi arman-e-aish
band kar leta tha aankhen dekh kar saman-e-aish

kya kahun ai ham-nafas sair-e-chaman ki dastan
gul the jab shabnam-ba-kaf aankhen thin jis din khun-chakan

aabshaaron ke muqabil baith kar roya hun main
khar sahra ke bichha kar chin se soya hun main

subh ko jab karwaten leti thin nahren bagh mein
kya kahun kaisi chamak uthti thi dil ke dagh mein

main ne dekhi hain yahan taron bhari raaten bahut
aur ki hain fitrat-e-khamosh se baaten bahut

kya bataun dil mein mere ek barchhi si gadi
subh ko pahli kiran suraj ki jab mujh par padi

mere nazzare mein muzmar tha mera haal-e-tabah
aabla ban kar ubhar aati thi meri har nigah

raat ki tarikiyon mein dil bahalta tha kabhi
pur-khatar viraniyon mein main tahalta tha kabhi

kya bataun main bhadak uthte the kyunkar dil ke dagh
jab chaman karta tha raushan taza kaliyon ke charagh

ashk-bari mein basar duniya ki raaten main ne kin
be-kasi mein ek ek zarre se baaten main ne kin

dabdaba aati thin aankhen koi hansta tha agar
thi nashat-e-zindagi meri nazar mein pur-khatar