wo premchand-munshi-e-be-misl-o-be-badal
thi jis ke dam se bazm-e-adab mein chahal-pahal

afsane jis ke sham-e-hidayat the bar-mahal
na-waqt aah ho gaya wo luqma-e-ajal

is soz-e-jaan-gusil se har ek dil kabab hai
fart-e-tapish hai aatish-e-gham be-hisab hai

ilmi shaghaf se us ke nahin kaun ba-khabar
har qalb par fasane hue naqsh kalhajar

hai bahr-e-ilm teri rawani se sar-basar
daman-o-jeb-e-urdu-o-hindi hain pur-guhar

tarz-e-bayan har ek ka tu ne dikha diya
dhabba har ek ka apne qalam se mita diya

bazm-e-adab ko khwab mein bhi ye na tha khayal
unnis sau chhattis ka nahs hoga us ko sal

awwal wafat-e-barq ka us ko hua malal
phir chal diya jahan se ye munshi-ba-kamal

naqsh-e-qarar sail-e-fana se mita hai aaj
aiwan-e-nazm-o-nasr mein matam bapa hai aaj

tujh ko premchand ye shayad nahin khabar
kitna wafat ka teri duniya pe hai asar

'sufi' jahan mein dhundhti hai us ko har nazar
ai mahtab-e-ishq bata tu chhupa kidhar

kya shauq samain ka faramosh ho gaya
afsana kahte kahte jo khud hae so gaya