kam se kam chaar misre hain qita suno
lutf le le ke ashaar is ke padho

lo suno mujh se tum aaj qite ka haal
is mein hota hai ek markazi sa khayal

'shad'-o-'akhtar' ke mashhur qite hue
mar ke wo apne qiton mein zinda rahe

har kisi ko nahin aata qite ka fan
hai alag bachcho ye ek tarz-e-sukhan

ibtida mein na qita ka fan aaega
ye miyan khud hi do sher ban jaega

qite dilkash kaho mukhtasar bahr mein
honge mashhur ye fikr ke shahr mein

tifl-gan ke liye tum bhi qite kaho
aur 'hafiz' ji ustad ban ke raho