mahakti thi faza pur-kaif manzar tha bahaaron ka
simat kar aa gaya tha nur zarron mein sitaron ka

fazaon mein tarannum tha parinde chahchahate the
hawa ke sard jhonke be-khudi ka git gate the

wo rut aamon ki sawan ka mahina sham bhigi si
chaman mein motiyon se pur thi jholi ghuncha-o-gul ki

surur-o-kaif mein khoya hua tha dil-kusha manzar
masarrat-afrin tha sar-ba-sar barsat ka manzar

achanak us ko aise waqt pahli bar dekha tha
khuda malum kya jadu bhara wo husn-e-raana tha

bichhi jati thi mausam ki nazakat us ke qadmon mein
machalti thi bahaaron ki latafat us ke qadmon mein

usi ke dam se sara gulsitan firdaus-manzar tha
chaman mein inhisar-e-mausam-e-gul tak usi par tha

dil aankhon se ye kahta tha nigah-e-ghaur se dekho
kahin is rup mein doshiza-e-fitrat na aai ho

utar aaya na har farsh-e-zamin par chand ka tukda
koi bhatka hua jalwa na ho gulzar-e-jannat ka

surayya ka koi partaw na ham-aghosh-e-fitrat ho
koi anjum na bhule se ziya-bar-dosh-e-fitrat ho

wo jalwa jis ko khud ranai-e-fitrat pe pyar aae
wo jis ke khair-maqdam ko do-alam ki bahaar aae

wo qudrat thi khuda ki jis pe khud qudrat tasadduq thi
wo barakat thi yaqinan jis pe har barakat tasadduq thi

wo surat thi jise nur-e-khuda shan-e-khuda kahiye
jise taskin dil kae nazar ka muddaa kahiye

tamanna thi ki us ko dekh kar bas dekhte jaen
sharab-e-be-khudi pi kar na apne aap mein aaen

usi ka rang tha gul mein kali mein rup us ka tha
na husn-e-dilruba aisa suna hi tha na dekha tha

wo ek munh bolti taswir thi husn-o-nazakat ki
khud aankhen ban ke jalwa dekhne ki dil ko hasrat thi

kise is ki khabar thi pyar ban jaegi ye hasrat
kise malum tha aazar ban jaegi ye hasrat

'rishi' kis ko pata tha aankh mil kar dil bhi atkega
bil-akhir khar-e-ulfat umr-bhar sine mein khatkega