ek din jab tang mujh par ho gai arz-e-dakan
tab muhajir ban ke nikla bandh kar sar se kafan

kitne hi barson azab-e-ajnabiyyat bhi saha
zehn-o-dil par jhelta hi rah gaya ranj-o-mehan

muflisi mein bhi tawakkul par guzara yun kiya
pairahan sabr-o-qanaat ka raha hai zeb-tan

khak chhani dar-ba-dar ki thokaren khain bahut
par mujhe masruf rakhti thi sada fikr-e-sukhan

fikr-e-duniya se bhi aksar mil hi jati thi najat
fikr-e-uqba mein jo rahta main ibaadat mein magan

hath mein dhaga tha chhota aur sui thi badi
main rafu bhi kar nahin sakta tha apna pairahan

dekh kar mashq-e-sukhan meri sukhan-fahmon ne jab
kar liya mujh be-watan ko bhi sharik-e-anjuman

phir to jaise rahmaton ke bab mujh par khul gae
phir mujhe milti gai har sher par dad-e-sukhan

haisiyat se bhi ziyaada izzat-o-shohrat mili
rizq bhi bakhsha khuda ne ba-tufail-e-ilm-o-fan

ab sabhon ko khush-o-khurram aur hansta dekhne
waqf main ne kar diya hai apna tan man aur dhan

aakhirat bhi bas isi tarah sanwar jae meri
is lagan mein ta-dam-e-akhir rahunga main magan

inkisari se zamin ko dekh kar chalta hun main
main ne badla hai na badlunga kabhi apna chalan

shairi ki har kaji dande se sidhi ho gai
zehn ko mere moattar kar gaya kewde ka ban

ghokaro ke chand kante zehn mein jab chubh gae
fikr ke sab aable phute to ras aai chubhan

taki meri shairi ki bhi zamin zarkhez ho
dhumudi se bhi karunga iktisab-e-fikr-o-fan

kuchh samajh mein hi nahin aata ki aakhir kya karun
is budhape mein bhi mujh par hain fida kuchh gul-badan

ai khuda kar le qubul ab 'khwah-makhwah' ki ye dua
qaem-o-daem rahe zinda-dilon ki anjuman

god mein apne sulane ke liye hi 'khwah-makhwah'
khinch lai hai meri mitti mujhe apne watan