bayan kya tujh se ho hamdam ki shair kaun hai kya hai
wo is duniya mein rah kar aur hi aalam mein rahta hai

kabhi takhil ki pahnaiyon mein gum sa phirta hai
kabhi kaun-o-makan ki wusaton mein dub jata hai

agar tafsil ho darkar jo shair ki fitrat ki
hui hai mukhtasar ashaar mein tafsir shair ki

tabassum-kesh taskin-dah tamaddun-saz hota hai
hayat-afroz zauq-e-did ka dam-saz hota hai

jahan-e-hosh ka sarmaya-e-sad-naz hota hai
har ek andaz mein sarmastiyon ka raaz hota hai

shuur-e-zindagi jis ke tafakkur se sanwarta hai
jahan-e-rang-o-bu jis ki nigahon mein nikharta hai

ye jalwe ye bahaaren ye gulistan jis ke dam se hai
hayat-e-shauq ki taskin ka saman jis ke dam se hai

ye har mumkin bahaar-e-bazm-e-imkan jis ke dam se hai
lab-e-ejaz se hasti ghazal-khwan jis ke dam se hai

ye sab sar-garmi-e-ehsas hai shair ki hasti se
surur-o-kaif ki sarmastiyan hain us ki masti se

bahr-alam saliqe azm-o-himmat ka sikhata hai
bahar-surat jamal-e-azmat-e-hasti dikhata hai

surud-e-zindagi par zindagi ke git gata hai
jahan dil sard pad jate hain shair muskuraata hai

nishan-e-azmat-e-insaniyat ka nam hai shair
sarapa lutf-o-azm-o-hosh ka paigham hai shair