raazdan-e-zindagi ai tarjuman-e-zindagi
hai tera har lafz zinda dastan-e-zindagi

har tabassum se tere paida fughan-e-zindagi
har fughan teri nashid-e-gulsitan-e-zindagi

gulshan-e-husn-o-wafa ki aabiyari tujh se hai
khak ke zarron ko fakhr-e-taj-dari tujh se hai

daur-e-mustaqbil pe duniya ke nigahen thin teri
rahbar-e-rah-e-amal dil-doz aahen thin teri

sina-e-ilm-e-haqiqat mein panahen thin teri
arsh se bhi aur aage jalwa-gahen thin teri

kaam tha tujh ko na mutlaq hasti-e-nakaam se
thi nawa wabasta teri parda-e-ilham se

falsafe ki khubsurat tarjumani tu ne ki
dasht-e-hu mein aansuon se baghbani tu ne ki

apni aankhon se musalsal khun-fishani tu ne ki
muddaton mulk-e-sukhan par hukmarani tu ne ki

ruh mutlaq jazb thi goya tere ehsas mein
quds ke naghme nihan the parda-e-anfas mein

nutq ko tu ne diya pairaya-e-soz-o-gudaz
khun se kar ke wuzu tu ne padhi aksar namaz

gunj uttha tere naghmon se harim-e-hsun-o-naz
aaj tak mahfuz hai har dil mein tera soz-o-saz

aalam-e-baala se ek paigham-e-nau lata tha tu
ruh ki gahraiyon tak us ko pahunchata tha tu

mai-kada tha tera yaksar soz mutlaq saz bhi
thi mai-a-hindi bhi saghar mein mai-e-shiraaz bhi

tu haqiqat fahm bhi tha aashna-e-raaz bhi
ruh ki aawaz thi goya teri aawaz bhi

naqsh-e-faryaadi hai teri shokhi-e-tahrir ka
kaghzi hai pairahan har paikar-e-taswir ka

aah khak-e-hind mein tu der se khwabida hai
zinat-e-har-bazm tera jalwa-e-na-dida hai

tere gham mein aaj bhi jaan-e-sukhan kahida hai
hai tasarruf tera paida aur tu poshida hai

soz tera aag ban kar bazm par chha jaega
saz-e-hasti hashr tak tere hi naghme gaega