khushnuma hai hayat phulon ki
dekhna kaenat phulon ki

juhi champa chameli aur gulab
nam bachchon ke zat phulon ki

titliyon ki tarah sajal nazuk
un ki har baat baat phulon ki

ye nahin jaante ki gham kya hai
din hai phulon ka raat phulon ki

wo jo padhte hain aur likhte hain
aur karte hain baat phulon ki

lahlahata chaman hujum-e-bahaar
muskuraati hai zat phulon ki

ilm ki raushni ke dip jalen
mahki mahki hai raat phulon ki

nazr-e-‘makhdum’ hai ghazal bachcho
shakhsiyat thi hayat phulon ki

phul ki tarah madrason mein 'waqar'
saj rahi hai baraat phulon ki