raat ke aakhiri pahar main ne muqaddas fly ki sarhad pe panw rakha us ke sabz pairahan ki khushbu mere istiqbaal ke liye maujud thi mere khak-alud ghutnon ne zamin ki khushbu-dar naf ko chhua to main ne apna malbus chaak kar dala wo papers ke jangalon ke shumali kinare pe baithi nil ke paniyon ko kat rahi thi us ne mere khak-alud chehre ko nil ka aaina dikhaya hum mutabarrik tel ke namkin charagh hatheliyon pe rakhe shahr-e-panah ki taraf chal diye jahan dewta baryabi ke muntazir the hamare qadmon ki aahat pa kar muqaddas phatak ke sunahre kiwad zamin ke aakhiri kinaron tak khul gae aur shahar ki itr-bez galiyan hamare talwe chumne lagin hamare suron pe phaile aasman ke safed waraq par parindon ke liye harf imtinaa likha tha hum khudawand asar ki ziyarat-gah ke nawah mein pahunche to dewta apna marqad chhod kar dahliz se aa laga us ne apne dil ke chhed narsale ki shakh pe kunda kiye aur apne khubsurat lahn ki sidhi laga kar dilon mein utar gaya siyah mabad ke sunahre kalas ke sae mein zaerin ka matami julus dar-o-diwar pe nauhe tastir kar raha tha mere pahlu mein khadi sabz-fam aurat ne mujhe dewtai malbus hadiya kiya to main hatif ki bargah ki dahliz se lag kar apna qasida bhent karne laga muqaddas fly ki tarik galiyan namkin charaghon se bhar gain main ne aakhiri misra hatif ko dan kiya aur sabz aurat ki nili aankhon mein tahsin ki naqadi talash karne laga us ne faslon pe karam karte hath se hawa mein taraazu banaya ek palde mein mera harf-e-hunar rakha aur dusre mein apne jamal ki naqadi us ke jamal ka sabz dariya mere daman mein bahne laga