ek mukammal zindagi hai shair-e-shirin-bayan
mahram-e-raaz-e-fana hai aur baqa ka tarjuman

us ki hasti ki hai qimat ek nigah-e-iltifat
hech khuddari ke aage hain zamin-o-asman

wo kahin majbur-e-mutlaq hai kahin mukhtar-e-kul
husn ka be-dam banda warna hai shah-e-jahan

kham jabin hoti hai us ki naqsh-e-pa-e-dost par
aur jhuk jate hain us ke panw par donon jahan

us se poshida nahin hain raaz-ha-e-husn-o-ishq
tarjuman hai ahl-e-ulfat ka wo sirr-e-dil-baran

phul barsata hai apne doston ki bazm mein
aur giraata hai saf-e-aghyar par ye bijliyan

us ke nazuk qalb mein milta hai mazlumon ka dard
be-kason ka hai wo hami be-zabanon ki zaban

fitratan aazad be-khauf-o-khatar bebak hai
zindagi deti hain us ko zindagi ki talkhiyan

dil ke tufan mein qalam us ka hai kashti nuh ki
aur hai us ka tasawwur ek bahr-e-be-karan

qalb us ka mulk ke haalat ka aaina-dar
qaum ke jazbaat ki tashhir hai us ka bayan

din hai us ka mohabbat us ki duniya shaeri
hai tashaddud ka mukhalif hami-e-amn-o-aman

ai 'shifa' un ko magar shair na kah dena kahin
bazm mein la kar jo padhte hain kalam-e-digaran