hai mere hind ki tahzib ki paikar urdu
apni mushtarka wirasat ki hai dukhtar urdu

is ke har lafz mein tahzib ki nurani hai
lafz-e-taban liye hai mere munawwar urdu [...]

din mein jita hun magar raat mein mar jata hun
ek talatum sa hai yaadon ka jidhar jata hun

main ne tujh jaise kisi shakhs ko chaha tha kabhi
ab to is baat ko sochun bhi to dar jata hun [...]

har kisi ke naqsh mein chehra tumhaara dhundhna
chaunkna kuchh dekh kar aur phir dobara dhundhna

wo to baadal tha hawa ki pairwi mein be-qadam
jis ne hum se tha kaha rasta hamara dhundhna [...]

main tha ek sham-e-sozan raat bhar uththa dhuan mujh se
suni duniya ne sau sau tarah dil ki dastan mujh se

mujhe nind aa gai thi rah ki thandi hawaon mein
main ek wamanda hun puchho hadis-e-karwan mujh se [...]

ye wo hasti hai kisi ki jo asiri mein nahin
jo faqiri mein maza hai wo amiri mein nahin

rahm farmana teri shan hai ai rabb-e-qadir
han sitam dhana teri shan-e-qadiri mein nahin [...]

dili chingariyon se jab koi shoala jawan hoga
khamoshi chikh utthegi aur insan be-zaban hoga

kabhi tum bhi to diwar-e-ana ko tod kar dekho
mohabbat ke siwa kuchh bhi na apne darmiyan hoga [...]