charag-e-ilm raushan hai haqiqat ki hawaon par
hukumat kar raha hai ek goshe se fazaon par

ye sar-sabzi-o-shadabi jo virani ka hasil hai
ragon mein us ki poshida tamawwuj-khez ek dil hai

abhi tak khak mein us ki hai josh-e-irtiqa baqi
lahad par ghas ke patton mein hai nashw-o-numa baqi

abhi tak anjuman mein gunj baqi hai sadaon ki
abhi tak khelti hai khak se shokhi hawaon ki

ye bazm-e-khwab-e-sarsayyad ye naqsh-e-azmat-e-rafta
mai-e-isar se labrez hai ek jam-e-nurani

mohabbat ki tarah aabaad rakkhega khuda us ko
mita sakti nahin duniya-e-hadis ki hawa us ko

main zauq-e-ilm le kar turbat-e-sayyad par aaya hun
aqidat ke shagufta phul apne sath laya hun

teri wahshat liye phirti hai garm-e-justuju mujh ko
sukun-andoz hone ki bahut hai aarzu mujh ko

fazaon mein mohabbat ki haqiqat aashna hun main
ek aaghosh-e-adab mein parwarish pata raha hun main

ba-qadr-e-zauq takmil-e-tamanna ki tamanna hai
isi aaghosh mein mearaj-e-farda ki tamanna hai

tamanna hai jahan-e-ilm mein chamkun saha ban kar
jumud-e-zulmat-e-hasti pe chha jaun ziya bin kar

tamanna hai ki duniya mujh se yaksar nur ho jae
ye tariki simat kar ek din kafur ho jae

tamanna hai ki sarsayyad banun ya 'shibli'-o-'haali'
ki in arbab-e-mahfil ki abhi tak hai jagah khali

ilahi khak-e-sarsayyad se kuchh chingariyan de de
mazaq-e-dil tarasta hai tapish-samaniyan de de

meri qismat mein is mai-khane ka saghar nahin yarab
ewaz mein is ke mujh ko mashrab-e-pir-e-mughan de de

jahan ek taer-e-sidra kisi din chahchahaya tha
unhin shakhon pe mujh ko ikhtiyar-e-ashiyan de de

jo mere saz-e-fitrat mein naya ek soz bharna hai
tu 'jauhar' aur 'zafar' kaisi zaban-e-naghma-khwan de de

mujhe darkar hai phir mulk-o-millat ki hudi-khwani
'nazir'-o-'shibli'-o-'haali' ka andaz-e-bayan de de

ghubar-e-rah-guzar-e-dahr mein aaludgi kab tak
mere zarrin tasawwur ko bisat-e-kahkashan de de

dimagh-o-zehn mein ek jang barpa hai khayalon ki
ise hamwar kar ke ek sukun-e-jawedan de de

agar hai qafile ke sath chalna mera na-mumkin
to mujh ko rahnuma kar de mujhe ek karwan de de

zamin par panw phailane ki gunjaish agar kam hai
mujhe baadal bana de sair ko ek aasman de de

agar takhil-e-sarsayyad hai ab guldasta-e-mazi
jawani ki umangon ko nai angdaiyan de de

payam-e-kaamyabi de mujhe aiwan-e-rifat se
main khali hath ja sakta nahin sayyad ki turbat se